Adams, Jenny L. <br/><br/>
Ground stone analysis :  a technological approach / 
Jenny L. Adams. 
 - Second edition. 
 - Salt Lake City :  The University of Utah Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/> "Published in conjunction with Archaeology Southwest, Tucson." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. A Foundation for Research --  1. The Groundwork --  Determining Function --  Laying a Foundation for Analysis --  Classifying Ground Stone --  2. Grinding Technology and Technological Analysis --  Design and Manufacture --  Use --  Wear --  Use-Wear Analysis --  Kinematics --  Disuse or the Afterlife --  Data Collection --  Answering Research Questions --  Analysis Strategy --  3. Resources for Modeling Tool Use and Technological Behavior --  Photographs --  Ethnography --  Experimental Replication --  Designing Experimental Research --  Part 2. Artifact Descriptions --  4. Abrading, Smoothing, and Polishing Tools --  Abraders and Smoothers --  Polishers --  Hide-Processing Stones --  5. Grinding and Pulverizing Tools --  Manos and Metates --  Mortars --  Pitted and Cupped Stones --  Pestles --  Handstones --  Netherstones --  Grinding Slabs --  Lapstones --  Palettes --  6. Percussion Tools --  Hammerstones --  Pecking Stones --  Choppers --  Chisels --  Crushers and Fergoliths --  Pottery Anvils --  Lithic Anvils --  7. Hafted Percussion Tools --  Axes --  Mauls --  Picks --  Adzes --  Mattocks --  Hoes --  Tchamahias --  8. Spinning Tools --  Fire-Drill Hearths --  Spindle Bases --  Whorls --  9. Perforating, Cutting, and Scraping Tools --  Awls --  Reamers --  Tabular Tools --  Saws and Files --  Planes --  Tabular Tools --  10. Paraphernalia --  Atlatl Parts --  Balls --  Bell Stones --  Cruciforms --  Cylinders and Medicine Stones --  Plummets and Weights --  Disks --  Lightning Stones --  Pipes and Tubes --  Shaped Stones --  Pigments --  Personal Ornaments --  Figurines --  Ecofacts --  11. Containers and Container Closures --  Bowls and Censers --  Trays --  Closures --  12. Structural Stones --  Loomblocks --  Cooking Stones --  Trivets --  Fire-Cracked Rock --  Appendix A: General Artifact Form --  Appendix B: Handstone Form --  Appendix C: Netherstone Form --  Appendix D: Hafted Tool Form --  Appendix E: Grooved Artifact Form --  Appendix F: Perforated Artifact Form --  Glossary. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781607812746 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Stone implements--Analysis.<br/>Archaeology--Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CC79  / .G768 2013