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The Obsidian Evidence for the Scale of Social Life during the Palaeolithic

The Obsidian Evidence for the Scale of Social Life during the Palaeolithic

Moutsiou, Theodora

Paperback

Series: BAR International, Book 2613

African HistoryArchaeologyGeneral European History

ISBN10: 1407312448
ISBN13: 9781407312446
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Published: Mar 15 2014
Pages: 170
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.20 Depth: 11.50
Language: English

Obsidian-bearing sites spanning the temporal framework of the Palaeolithic and located in Africa and Europe are analysed with the aim of elucidating the evolution of modern social behaviour. Obsidian is a rock that forms only under very special conditions; its geological sources are infrequent and distinguished from each other on the basis of unique chemical properties. As such it is possible to reconstruct the distances of its movement and use these data to infer the scale of social life during the Palaeolithic. A strong correlation between obsidian use and long distances is observed implying that the hominins involved in the circulation of the specific material were behaving in a socially modern way.

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