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Production and Exchange of Stone Tools: Prehistoric Obsidian in the Aegean (New Studies in Archaeology) by Robin Torrence is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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Originally published in 1986, the aim of this important study was to develop methods for reconstructing the processes of prehistoric exchange. Previous archaeological work had concentrated on mapping obsidian finds relative to source areas using trace-element analysis and on investigating the effect of trade on particular cultural groups. Dr Torrence, in contrast, drew extensively on ethnographic analogy to develop an approach that uses differences in the level of efficiency for the acquisition
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- Author
- Robin Torrence
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521105071
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- History, Science, Business
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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