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Stone tools are the most durable and, in some cases, the only category of material evidence that students of prehistory have at their disposal. Exploring the changing character and context of stone tools in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain, the author examines the varied ways in which these artefacts were caught up in the fabric of past social life.

From the production of tools at spectacularly located quarries to their ceremonial burial or destruction at ritual monuments, this well illustrated study demonstrates that our understanding of these varied and sometimes enigmatic artefacts requires a concern with their social, as well as their practical dimensions.

Key themes include:

• stone tool procurement and production

• the nature of technical traditions

• stone tools and social identity

• the nature of exchange and the significance of depositional practices

208 pages, 159 text illustrations, paperback.

Price: £28.99 + £4.00 p&p U. K. (Ref: b0188)