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Author Weedman, Kathryn, author

Title The lives of stone tools : crafting the status, skill, and identity of flintknappers / Kathryn Weedman Arthur
Published Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Chapter 1. The history of craft-specialization and knapping without prestige in the Gamo highlands -- Chapter 2. A Boreda ontology of technology -- Chapter 3. Yella: the birth of knappable stone in a caste society -- Chapter 4. Katsara and bulacha: learning to circumcise and engage stone tools -- Chapter 5. Dume and sofe: rest and death in leatherworkers' households -- Chapter 6. The lives of stone tools
Summary "This book offers critical insights into lithic technology and cultural practices concerning stone tools"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Gamo (African people)
Tools -- Social aspects -- Ethiopia
Flintknapping -- Social aspects -- Ethiopia
Rock craft -- Ethiopia
Ethnoarchaeology -- Ethiopia
Ethnology -- Ethiopia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Rock craft
Ethnology
Ethnoarchaeology
Gamo (African people)
Tools -- Social aspects
Ethiopia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816538287
081653828X