Lithics Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis

Name: Lithics Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis
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ISBN: 9780521615006

ISBN-10: 0521615003

ISBN-13: 9780521615006

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: William Andrefsky, Graeme Barker, Elizabeth Slater, Peter Bogucki

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This fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis is designed for students and professional archaeologists. It explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. Introducing the reader to lithic raw materials, classification, terminology and key concepts, the volume comprehensively explores methods and techniques, presenting detailed case studies of lithic analysis from around the world. It also examines new emerging techniques and includes a new section on stone tool functional studies.

Book details

List price: $68.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 6.61" wide x 9.61" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.628



List of figures


List of tables


Preface


Preface to second edition


Acknowledgments



A brief introduction to lithic analysis


The organization of the book


Early historical development


A perspective on microwear


The truth about replication



Basics of stone tool production


Basic terminology


Fracture mechanics


Stone tool morphological dynamics


Summary



Lithic raw materials


A brief review of geochemical techniques


Rock genesis


Igneous rocks


Sedimentary rocks


Metamorphic rocks


Summary



Getting started in lithic analysis: identification and classification


Attributes and attribute states


Types and typologies


A basic chipped stone typology


Summary



Flake debitage attributes


Debitage condition and termination


Debitage striking platforms


Debitage size


Debitage dorsal cortex


Debitage curvature


Summary



Approaches to debitage analysis


Typological analysis of debitage


Aggregate analysis of debitage


Dissecting debitage assemblages


Summary



Approaches to stone tool analysis


Core analysis


Flake tool analysis


Biface analysis


Tool function


Summary



Artifact diversity and site function


Artifact types and function


Site function models


Summary



Lithic analysis and prehistoric sedentism


Sedentism and archaeology


Sedentism in North America


Occupation duration and the Mousterian of west-central Italy


Raw-material qualities and relative sedentism


Summary



Conclusion


Glossary


References


Index