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Works in stone : contemporary perspectives on lithic analysis / edited by Michael J. Shott.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stone implements--Analysis.
- Stone implements.
- Tools, Prehistoric--Analysis.
- Tools, Prehistoric.
- Projectile points--Analysis.
- Projectile points.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Whether done by Stone Age hunters or artisans in ancient civilizations, the transformation of resistant stone into useful implements required skills with a high level of sophistication.Because stone tools are durable, today we have a lithic record to explain past behavior and the evolution of culture over long spans.
- Contents:
- Works in stone: contemporary perspectives on lithic analysis / Michael J. Shott
- The problems with flake types and the case for attribute analysis of debitage assemblages / Jim A. Railey and Eric J. Gonzales
- Timescales and variability in hominin technological strategies in the Jordan Rift Valley: what difference does 1.3 million years make? / John J. Shea
- Flake selection, assemblage variability, and technological organization / Simon Holdaway, Matthew Douglass, and Rebecca Phillipps
- Comparing forager and pastoralist technological organization in the Central Namib Desert, Western Namibia / Grant S. McCall and Rachel A. Horowitz
- Hafted woodworking tools from an upper paleolithic site in Northern China: prehensile wear experiments and archaeological implications / Chen Shen, Xiaoling Zhang, Jingfang Zhao, Yanhua Song, Hong Chen, and Xing Gao
- Toward a more behavioral approach: the contribution of wear studies / Veerle Rots
- Function and value in sickle segment analysis: odellian perspectives / Steven A. Rosen, Aaron Shugar, and Jacob Vardi
- "There is the tool and the way of using it": quina scrapers and their retouches / Sylvie Beyries and Philippe Walter
- Dynamic variables and the use-related reduction of Huron projectile points / Harry J. Lerner
- Artifactual and environment-related variations in Fuego-Patagonia (Argentina): assessing the role of different factors / Marcelo Cardillo, Judith Charlin, and Karen Borrazzo
- The evolution of old cordilleran core technology / Anna M. Prentiss, James C. Chatters, Randall R. Skelton, and Matthew Walsh
- Squeezing life from stones: the human side of replication experiments / John E. Clark and James C. Woods.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-383-1
- OCLC:
- 909908630
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