Blood from stone : making and using stone tools in prehistoric British Columbia

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Book

Authors

David L. Pokotylo ( Pokotylo, David L. )

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Stone implements -- British Columbia, Stone implements, British Columbia, Indigenous peoples -- Implements -- British Columbia, Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Antiquities, Indigenous peoples -- Antiquities, Indigenous peoples -- Implements

Abstract

"The material culture of prehistoric Indian societies throughout North America included many artifacts that were fashioned either of stone or by stone tools. Stone artifacts are one of the least perishable elements of these early cultures and tend to be the most common items found in archaeological sites. Stone tool technology provides archaeologists with an important source of information on past human behaviour.

In this brief note, we examine some of the ways that archeologists study lithic technology - the manufacture and use of stone tools - and how this research squeezes "blood from stone" to further our understanding of prehistoric peoples and their way of life. The prehistoric Indian cultures of British Columbia serve as an example."--Introduction.

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