The Individual in Prehistory: Studies of Variability in Style in Prehistoric Technologies
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Description
Editors: Hill, James N. and Gunn, Joel
Publisher: Academic Press
Pub Date: 1977
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Book: Fair. Binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Previous owner’s bookplate on front pastedown. Dust Jacket: Fair. Numerous small chips and tears on top and bottom edges, front and rear. Upper corners worn, chipped.
Notes: Prehistoric technologies didn’t lack for originality, and individual variations in style and use can be determined, particularly now with computer data. What are the attributes that distinguish one item from another, one culture from another, one period from another? “This book examines the nature of style variability in ceramic, lithic, and basketry artifacts, with emphasis on the measurement and usefulness of those aspects of style peculiar to individuals.” (From the Preface). Technology and skills passed from generation to generation. This volume from the library of Melvin (1925 -1987) and Louana Lackey (1926?-2005), their bookplate on front pastedown. Louana Lackey was a noted ceramics expert.
