Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Stone Age Weaponry

Katsuhiro Sano

ISBN 10: 9401776016 / ISBN 13: 9789401776011

Published by Springer Netherlands, Springer, 2016

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The objective of this volume is to showcase the contemporary state of research on recognizing and evaluating the performance of stone age weapons from a variety of viewpoints, including investigating their cognitive and evolutionary significance.New archaeological finds and experimental studieshave helped to bring this subject back to the forefront of human origins research. In the last few years, investigations have expanded beyondexamining the tools themselves to include studies of damage caused by projectile weapons on animal and hominin bones and skeletal asymmetries in ancient hominin populations. Only recently has there been a growing interest in controlled and replicative experiments. Through this book readers will beupdated in the state of knowledge through a multidisciplinary scientific reconstruction of prehistoric weapon use and its implications.Contributions from expert authors are organized into three themed parts: recognizing weapon use (experimental and archaeological studies of impact traces), performance of weapon systems (factors influencing penetration depth etc.), and behavioral and evolutionary ramifications (cognitive and ecological effects of using different weapons).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Stone Age Weaponry
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401776016
• ISBN 13: 9789401776011
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 285W x 215H x 24D millimeters 285 millimeters width by 215 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1046 grams

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Synopsis

The objective of this volume is to showcase the contemporary state of research on recognizing and evaluating the performance of stone age weapons from a variety of viewpoints, including investigating their cognitive and evolutionary significance. 

New archaeological finds and experimental studies  have helped to bring this subject back to the forefront of human origins research. In the last few years, investigations have expanded beyond  examining the tools themselves to include studies of damage caused by projectile weapons on animal and hominin bones and skeletal asymmetries in ancient hominin populations. Only recently has there been a growing interest in controlled and replicative experiments. Through this book readers will be updated in the state of knowledge through a multidisciplinary scientific reconstruction of prehistoric weapon use and its implications.

Contributions from expert authors are organized into three themed parts: recognizing weapon use (experimental and archaeological studies of impact traces), performance of weapon systems (factors influencing penetration depth etc.), and behavioral and evolutionary ramifications (cognitive and ecological effects of using different weapons).

About the Author

Dr. Radu Iovita is a paleoanthropologist and paleolithic archaeologist, currently working at the MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and Museum in Neuwied, Germany. His research focuses on experimental approaches to technological evolution and in human migration and adaptation to environmental change in the Eurasian loess steppe. 

Dr. Katsuhiro Sano is an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo. His research interests revolve around temporal advances in technology and function of prehistoric stone tools, especially prehistoric hunting technology.