Dear All,
Following on from the 'Links that Tie' Conference we would like to ask
anyone interested in submitting a paper for a forthcoming volume on this
exciting subject to get in touch with an abstract by the 10th of January.
Further details are as follows:
The Links that Tie –Tool for Bones / Bones for Tools
A recent conference organized at the McDonald Institute of Archaeological
Research, University of Cambridge attempted to address the necessary
interrelationship of stone tools, bone tool production, and animal
resource acquisition, exploitation, and processing. The tangible
association of raw material procurement, implement manufacture, and the
exploitation of meat resources in the archaeological record cannot be
understated and need not be limited to Pleistocene human groups. At
present we have contributions spanning the entirety of the Palaeolithic
period side by side with research on flint tools in historic and
ethnographic contexts. These contributions, while unrestricted to any
specific period also represent a large geographic range from Tierra del
Fuego to Western Europe and Indonesia.
We are presently negotiating publication dates with the McDonald Institute
Monographs and would appreciate submissions that compliment the
contributions we have received to date in order to realise our vision of a
quick publication. Given the ubiquity of stone / bone tools with resource
acquisition there is broad scope for the final contributions; these may
include, but are by no means limited to, the production and development of
bone / stone projectiles and tools; the physics, identification, and
interpretation of cut marks; butchery patterns; raw material procurement;
implement development and technological change through time.
We look forward to reviewing abstracts by the 10th of January.
Krish Seetah ([log in to unmask])
Brad Gravina ([log in to unmask])
Department of Archaeology
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3DZ
United Kingdom
