Stone tools: variation and continuity.

Stone tools: variation and continuity. SIMON Simon,in the Bible.1 One of the Maccabees.2 or Simon Peter: see Peter, Saint.3 See Simon, Saint.4 Kinsman of Jesus.5 Leper of Bethany in whose house a woman anointed Jesus' feet. HOLDAWAY & NICOLA STERN. A record in stone: the study ofAustralia's flaked stone artefacts, xxiii+376 pages, 153 figures, 7tables, CD-ROM. 2004. Melbourne: Museum Victoria; 0-85575-460-5paperback $49.95. BO KNARRSTROM. Flint: a Scanian hardware. 207 pages, 157 b&w& colour figures, 15 tables. 2001. Lund: National Heritage Board;91-7209-225-4 (ISSN ISSNabbr.International Standard Serial Number 1650-2787). A record reviews materials and production, methods and techniquesof study, and typology before considering the history of study. Concludethe authors (p. 315) 'An improved understanding of the behaviouralinformation ... in the ... artefact See artifact. record will come from investigationsof the reasons that recurring ... forms exist ... Such studies willrequire investigation into the contexts in which ... assemblages arefound and the patterns of association between different types ofassemblages, other ... material remains, and their landscapesettings'. The CD gives a lot of excellent colour photographs. Dr KNARRSTROM'S dissertation reviews evidence for use of flintin Scania from the Mesolithic, through the startling (he argues)introduction of bronze and declining use up to the 1900s (for guns). Heconcentrates on particular sites (Tagerup and later). With the samemethod, A. Hogberg adds an appendix on the Malmo area. There is asummary in Swedish.