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This book is about a young child who, just like every child, is scared of many things when they go to bed. The mother explains to the child that she shouldn't be scared because there is always someone there to protect them even while that person is not there. The child's father is a soldier, like so many in real life, who is gone from time to time. The mother reminds the child that her father will always protect her no matter where he is.

The original research papers in the volume provide a broad review of current approaches to the study of lithic technology from the Palaeolithic to the present. The contributions address both with analytical techniques and interpretive issues. Collectively, they increase our understanding of issues such as tool function, means of production, raw material sourcing and exchange systems, and the evolution of human cognition, social organization and symbolic behavior.

Warfare has long been central to a proper understanding of ancient Greece and Rome, worlds where war was, as the philosopher Heraclitus observed, both king and father of all . More recently, however, the understanding of Classical antiquity solely in such terms has been challenged; it is recognised that while war was pervasive, and a key concern in the narratives of ancient historians, a concomitant desire for peace was also constant. This volume places peace in the prime position as a panel of scholars stresses the importance of peace as a positive concept in the ancient world (and not just...