Apologies for the cross posting

Left Coast Press, Inc. is please to announce release of our first two
archaeological DVDs. This series, edited by Steve Brandt at University
of Florida, is designed to provide college instructors with
class-period length material to demonstrate various theoretical and
methodological topics, priced within the budget of most academics or
university departments. Discounts for individual instructors if ordered
online. More information on our website at www.LCoastPress.com

The first offerings are

The Potters of Buur Heybe
Steven Brandt (Univ. Florida), Tara Belkin (Producer)
25 minute video with 4-page insert
DVD ISBN 978-1-59874-118-xx  $79.95

This award-winning ethnoarchaeological film documents the complete
sequence of pottery production and use at Buur Heybe, “The Hill of the
Potter’s Sand" in southern Somalia. The Potters of Buur Heybe portrays
the complete life cycle of earthenware pottery manufacture and use,
places the pottery in its social and economic context, and considers
the roles of gender, symbolism, agency and religion in the process.
Short, technologically fascinating, and ethnographically rich, Potters
of Buur Heybe is an excellent film, designed at the right length for
both undergraduate and graduate courses in anthropology and
archaeology, including methods, technology, material culture,
ethnography, and arts. 

Woman the Toolmaker
Hideworking and Stone Tool Use in Konso, Ethiopia
Steven Brandt (Univ. Florida) , Kathryn Weedman (Univ. South Florida),
Tara Belkin (Producer)
27 minute video with 4-page insert
DVD  ISBN 978-1-59874-119-xx     $79.95

Woman the Toolmaker portrays the remarkable lives of a group of Konso
hide workers from southern Ethiopia who may be the last people in the
world to make and use flaked stone tools on a regular basis. Unlike the
“Man the Toolmaker” stereotype, virtually all of the Konso hide workers
are women who as young girls learn flintknapping skills from their
mothers or other female relatives. Woman the Toolmaker places stone
tool making and hide working in their social and economic contexts, and
speaks particularly to the importance of women’s roles in past and
present societies. This unique video is an excellent addition, and at
the right length, to be shown to both undergraduate and graduate
courses in anthropology, archaeology, and women’s studies, including
material culture, technology, methods, and ethnography. 


Mitch Allen
Publisher
Left Coast Press, Inc.
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Walnut Creek, California 94596
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