Multiple Approaches to the Study of Bifacial Technologies
Marie Soressi and Harold L. Dibble (editors)
Originally published in 2003, now out of print but available as a free pdf download (5.3 Mb) from:
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Bifacial chipped stones have been used by archaeologists to document the evolution of human technology and cognition during the Pleistocene and as index fossils for a myriad of cultures in both the Old World and the New. Bifaces provide some of the most convincing dimensions of stylistic variability observable in stone tool assemblages. With an international cast of contributors, from St. Petersburg to South Carolina, this volume shows how bifacial technology changed through time and according to different environments, and with the evolution of human cognition and physical abilities. It also addresses the issue of how bifacial technology reflects the different technological and social systems of past hunter-gatherers, from the earliest African bifaces to North American Woodland projectile points.
Marie Soressi holds a Ph.D. from the University of Bordeaux.
Harold L. Dibble is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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