Lithics After the Stone Age: A Handbook of Stone Tools from the Levant

By Steven A. Rosen

Steven A. Rosen's Lithics After the Stone Age is the first in-depth analysis of post-Stone-Age tools. For Near Eastern archaeologists, he provides the first comprehensive typology and description of post-Neolithic tools including subtypes, function, distribution, and chronology, allowing for the easy identification of lithic materials found in excavations. For lithics specialists of all geographical regions, he offers insightful interpretive essays on the organization of production and distribution, tool function, style, and the complex relationship between lithic and metal technology. Over 100 illustrations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761991247
• ISBN13: 9780761991243
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 184 Pages