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Pathways to Prismatic Blades

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This volume explores the social and economic processes involved in the manufacture of obsidian prismatic blades, one of the sharpest cutting instruments ever produced in the prehistoric world. Focu...
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This volume explores the social and economic processes involved in the manufacture of obsidian prismatic blades, one of the sharpest cutting instruments ever produced in the prehistoric world. Focusing on ancient Mesoamerica, contributors examine the variation in the way the blades were manufactured and the causes behind their variation.
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Price: £10.00
Pages: 150
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Imprint: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Monographs
Publication Date: 01 December 2002
ISBN: 9780917956997
Format: Paperback
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HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, History of the Americas, Archaeology by period / region, Social and cultural anthropology
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Kenneth Hirth is professor of anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University. Bradford Andrews is a research associate in anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University.