Format: Hardback
Pages: 275
ISBN: 9781902937342
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2005
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
Illustrations: 143 ills., 36 tables
Description:
How were early stone tools made, and what can they tell us about the development of human cognition? This question lies at the basis of archaeological research on human origins and evolution, and the present volume fulfils a growing need among advanced students and researchers working in this field. The individual chapters by a range of leading international scholars approach stone knapping from a multidisciplinary perspective that embraces psychology, physiology, behavioural biology and primatology as well as archaeology.