Stone Age Prehistory
Studies in Memory of Charles McBurney

Table of Contents

Foreword J. G. D. Clark
Introduction G. N. Bailey and P. Callow
1. Charles Brian Montagu McBurney (1914–1979): an appreciation J. D. Clark and L. P. Wilkinson
Part I. Components of Artefact Variation:
2. Analysis by replication of two Acheulian artefact assemblages from Caddington, England Bruce Bradley and C. Garth Sampson
3. Stone tools: small-scale variability J. Peter White and H. Dibble
4. The archaeological approach to prehistoric pictures in Australia John Clegg
Part II. The Geographical Dimension:
5. Mesolithic exploitation of sandy areas: towards the testing of some hypotheses P. A. Mellars and M. Haynes
6. Artefacts, language and social interaction: a case study from south-eastern Australia Isabel McBryde
7. The geographical study of late Palaeolithic stages in eastern Spain Iain Davidson
Part III. Inter-assemblage Variation: Broadening the View:
8. Recent findings from La Micoque and other sites in south-western and Mediterranean France Nicholas Rolland
9. Middle Stone Age and Middle Palaeolithic: the evidence from Nigeria and Cameroun P. Allsworth-Jones
10. The place of the Haua Fteah in the late Palaeolithic of North Africa Angela E. Close
11. Stone-tool assemblages, raw material distributions and prehistoric subsistence activities: the Late Stone Age of South Africa
Part IV. Early Man in Africa: Alternative Perspectives:
12. Diversity, evolution and adaptation in early hominids Alan Bilsborough
13. Foundation stones: early artefacts as indicators of activities and abilities G. Ll. Issac
14. Culture and conceptualisation: the Oldowan-Acheulian gradient J. A. J. Gowlett
Index.

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