Constructing prehistory: lithic analysis in the Levantine Epipalaeolithic. From: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: Pirie, Anne | COPYRIGHT 2004 Royal Anthropological Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This study explores the way in which our picture of the Levantine Epipalaeolithic has been created, investigating the constructs that take us from found objects to coherent narrative about the world. Drawing on the treatment of chipped stone, the fundamental raw material of prehistoric narratives, it examines the use of figurative devices--of metaphor, metonymy, and synecdoche--to make the connection between the world and the words we need to describe it. The work of three researchers is ex...

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