From Mine to User : Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age : Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France)
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From Mine to User: Production and Procurement Systems of Siliceous Rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age presents the papers from Session XXXIII of the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018). 23 authors contribute nine papers from Parts 1 and 2 of the Session. The first session âÂSiliceous rocks: procurement and distribution systems' was aimed at analysing one of the central research issues related to mining, i.e. the production systems and the diffusion of mining products. The impact of extraction on the environment, group mobility and the numbers involved in the exploitation phase were considered; mining products were also examined with a view to identifying local and imported/exported products and the underlying social organization relating to the different fields of activity. The second session âÂFlint mines and chipping floors from prehistory to the beginning of the nineteenth century' focused on knapping activities. The significance of the identification of knapping workshops in the imm
ediate vicinity of mine shafts and of their presence in villages as well as in intermediary places between the two was considered in the analysis of chaîne opératoire sequences. The potential of product quality and artefact distribution to contribute to the understanding of the social organisation of the communities being studied was also examined.
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- Volume 10 Session XXXIII-1&2.
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ISBN: 9781789697124
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- Mines, Mining, Siliceous Rocks, Poland, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, Neolithic, Bronze Age.