Flexible stones ground stone tools from Franchthi Cave - Stroulia, Anna (Indiana University Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction. Introduction to the site and assemblage ; Classification ; Describing the material ; Why not a ground stone tool stratigraphy? ; Tool names ; Structure of the study ; Abbreviations used in the text -- The pre-neolithic material. introduction ; The Palaeolithic period ; The Mesolithic period ; Possible Pre-Neolithic specimens -- The Neolithic material (1). Introduction to the Neolithic period ; Passive tools ; Introduction ; Passive open tools (Popen) ; Passive tools with cavity (Pcav) ; Passive miscellanea (Pmisc) -- The Neolithic material (2). Active tools ; introduction ; Active cutting edge tools (Acut) ; Active discoidal tools (Adisc) ; Active rectangular tools (Arect) ; Active square or circular tools (Asquare-circ) ; Active tools used with ends (Aend) ; Active globular tools (Aglobe) ; Active globular tools without stains (Aglobe-nostain) ; Active miscellanea (Amisc) ; Epilogue -- Summary and conclusions. Raw material ; Manufacture ; Use and discard ; Chronological distribution ; Spatial distribution