[Bonetools] Book Proposal - Osseous Projectile Technology

[Жилин Михаил]

Dear Michelle,

I work mainly with the Mesolithic of the East European forest zone. If you want more information, please, visit my website:  www.mizhilin.narod.ru
If you like, I can write a chapter about the earliest mesolithic osseous projectile points from Central Russia.

Best wishes,
Mikhail Zhilin

08.01.2012, 04:21, "Michelle Langley" <michelle.langley at stx.ox.ac.uk>:
> 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
>
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