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Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum houses seventeen collections of
Palaeolithic material from Egypt, comprising a total of 1009
objects. None of the objects were recovered during excavation but
many were found by pioneers of prehistoric archaeology and notable
anthropologists. The most significant and largest collection, which
forms the focus of much of this study, is that of Charles Seligmann
and dates from the first fourteen years of the 20th century. The
first half of the book sets the background, examining the origins
of Egyptian Palaeolithic archaeology, supported by extracts from
diaries and contemporary publications, as well as discussing the
types of stone artefacts collected, the cultures of the Egyptian
Palaeolithic and more recent developments in research. The second
half of the book presents catalogues of each collection with the
artefacts illustrated at actual size. An appendix lists items from
Seligman's collections which are now housed in other museums.
Taking a broad perspective (from Palaeolithic to Post-Medieval and
from pottery to metals) the contributors to this volume discuss the
social organiztion of craft production in the past. Was there a
trend towards increasing specialization as the complexity of the
objects manufactured increased? What was the role of patronage in
encouraging the growth of specialisms? These are all questions
addressed in this volume of papers originally presented at the 3rd
Meeting of the EAA, Ravenna 1997.
Case-studies which examine the organization of lithic technology in
the context of environmental change in the: eastern Pyrenees (
Xavier Terradas ); Basque country ( J. J. I. Estevez & J. E. G.
Urquijo ); Portugal ( N. F. Bicho ); south-east Italy ( Sarah
Milliken ); Jerxen-Orbke, Detmold, Germany ( C. Kempcke-Richter );
Switzerland ( Marie-Isabelle Cattin ); Paris basin ( Pierre Bodu );
eastern Mediterranean ( N. Goring-Morris, O. Marder, A. Davidson,
F. Ibrahim ).
This is a volume no Palaeolithic archaeologist should be without.
It is offered to Derek Roe by his friends and colleagues as a
tribute to his enthusiasm, support and encouragement over many
years. The twenty-seven papers range from Africa to the Near East
and beyond, to Kazakhstan and Korea, and across southern Europe to
Britain, the Thames Valley, East Anglia and Pontnewydd. The list of
authors and the range of topics they write about are a reflection
of Derek Roe's influence throughout the Palaeolithic world.
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