The studies in this wide-ranging volume focus on the analysis of stone artefacts and industries.

Foreword J. G. D. Clark; Introduction G. N. Bailey and P. Callow; 1. Charles Brian Montagu McBurney (1914-1979): an appreciation J. D. Clark and L. P. Wilkinson; Part I. Components of Artefact Variation: 2. Analysis by replication of two Acheulian artefact assemblages from Caddington, England Bruce Bradley and C. Garth Sampson; 3. Stone tools: small-scale variability J. Peter White and H. Dibble; 4. The archaeological approach to prehistoric pictures in Australia John Clegg; Part II. The Geographical Dimension: 5. Mesolithic exploitation of sandy areas: towards the testing of some hypotheses P. A. Mellars and M. Haynes; 6. Artefacts, language and social interaction: a case study from south-eastern Australia Isabel McBryde; 7. The geographical study of late Palaeolithic stages in eastern Spain Iain Davidson; Part III. Inter-assemblage Variation: Broadening the View: 8. Recent findings from La Micoque and other sites in south-western and Mediterranean France Nicholas Rolland; 9. Middle Stone Age and Middle Palaeolithic: the evidence from Nigeria and Cameroun P. Allsworth-Jones; 10. The place of the Haua Fteah in the late Palaeolithic of North Africa Angela E. Close; 11. Stone-tool assemblages, raw material distributions and prehistoric subsistence activities: the Late Stone Age of South Africa; Part IV. Early Man in Africa: Alternative Perspectives: 12. Diversity, evolution and adaptation in early hominids Alan Bilsborough; 13. Foundation stones: early artefacts as indicators of activities and abilities G. Ll. Issac; 14. Culture and conceptualisation: the Oldowan-Acheulian gradient J. A. J. Gowlett; Index.