[Bonetools] Book Proposal - Osseous Projectile Technology

[Michelle Langley]

Dear colleagues, 

I am contacting you regarding a book proposal which I am currently working up to submit to Cambridge University Press.

I have been developing an idea to produce an edited volume focused on highlighting the range and diversity of Pleistocene osseous projectile weaponry. This volume would aim at contributing to a greater understanding of Pleistocene cultural variability through the drawing together of information about these implements from various Pleistocene contexts around the world - a task which has previously not been undertaken – though I believe would be a beneficial contribution. 

I am hoping to have chapters focused on:
•	Early – Late Stone Age Africa
•	Lower – Middle Palaeolithic Eurasia
•	Upper Palaeolithic (Aurignacian, Solutrean, Gravettian, Magdalenian etc)  Eurasia
•	Paleo-Indian America
•	Pleistocene Asia and Australasia

The aim of each chapter would be outline the spatial and temporal similarities and differences in point manufacture, style/form, hafting method, use methods, associated osseous weaponry (spearthrowers etc), and decoration in each context. Drawing this information together in a collective whole will enable a clear understanding of how varied this technology was during this extensive period, and therefore contribute to a wider narrative on the cultural variability of this period. 

If you would be interested in contributing a chapter (c.6000 words) to this volume, please contact me regarding your interests. I hope to be finalising chapters and authors over the next couple of months – at which time I would require a short (200 word) abstract and working title for the final book proposal. Chapters themselves would not be due until the end of this year (if the proposal is successful).

Please let me know your thoughts or any questions you may have. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.

I very much hope you will be interested in contributing to this volume.

Yours sincerely,

Michelle C. Langley
PhD Candidate
Institute of Archaeology
University of Oxford