Chert availability and prehistoric exploitation in the Near East

Weitere Verfasser: Delage, Christophe.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : John and Erica Hedges, Ltd., 2007.
Umfang/Format: vi, 344 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm.
Schriftenreihe: BAR international series ; 1615
Online Zugang: Table of contents only
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Chert availability and prehistoric exploitation in the Near East : an introduction / Christophe Delage
  • Distribution and petrographic characteristics of cherts in Syria / Darrell F.G. Long and Patrick J. Julig
  • Chert identification and characteristics in Northern Israel / Christophe Delage
  • Purple-pink flint sources in Jordan / Gary O. Rollefson, Leslie Quintero, and Philip Wilke
  • Distribution of flint in Turkey, from 10,000 to 6,000 cal BC. Case study - Çatalhöyük / Ana Bezić
  • Patterns of flint exploitation and use at Neolithic settlements of Syria / Yoshihiro Nishiaki
  • Fluviatile terraces as "flint mines" in the Levant / Lorraine Copeland
  • Use of raw material at Yabrud Rockshelter I / Rose L. Solecki and Ralph S. Solecki
  • Sourcing of archaeological flints from the middle to upper Palaeolithic transition, Jerf al-Ajla Cave, Syria / Patrick J. Julig ... [et al.]
  • The availability and exploitation of raw materials in the lower Paleolithic of Lebanon / Corine Yazbeck
  • Raw material use in west-central Jordan / Deborah I. Olszewski and U. Schurmans
  • Lithic raw material availability and use at the epipaleolithic site of Tor al-Tareeq in west-central Jordan / Michael P. Neeley
  • Prehistoric exploitation of Eocene flint in the al-Jafr Basin in southeastern Jordan / Philip Wilke, Leslie Quintero, and Gary A. Rollefson
  • Lithic raw material procurement in the Acheulean of Gesher Benot Yaʹaqov, Israel / Christophe Delage
  • Three periods, three patterns of chert exploitation in the Neolithic of Munhata (Central Jordan Valley, Israel) / Christophe Delage
  • Prehistoric chert use in Cyprus / Carole McCartney
  • Athkiakades ancient and modern: evidence of craftsmen and chert use from the Canadian Palaipaphos and Idalion Survey Projects in Cyprus / Sally Stewart.