Examples of Production and Use Strategies of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Flint Tools

The monograph summarizes many years of the author’s research on technology and functions of flint specimens. The included examples of the production methods and their use in hunter-gatherer societies refer to Paleolithic and Mesolithic sources collected in Poland and are presented against the broad European background. The works explores the subsequent stages of flint production: from the selection of the material, through the processing and use of the products, to their abandoning, it also shows the relations between particular elements of the operation chain.