[Bonetools] Book Proposal - Osseous Projectile Technology

[Michelle Langley]

Dear Christian,

I apologise for the delay in getting  back to you. Yes, that would be great to have the book proposal info put on the website. 

Thanks.

Michelle.
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Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Book Proposal - Osseous Projectile Technology

Dear Michelle,

do you want me to put this information into the "News"-page of the
WBRG-website?
http://www.wbrg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=3

Best

Christian
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Am 08.01.2012 um 01:21 schrieb 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
>
>
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