Works in stone : contemporary perspectives on lithic analysis /
edited by Michael J. Shott.
- Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
Works in stone: contemporary perspectives on lithic analysis / The problems with flake types and the case for attribute analysis of debitage assemblages / Timescales and variability in hominin technological strategies in the Jordan Rift Valley: what difference does 1.3 million years make? / Flake selection, assemblage variability, and technological organization / Comparing forager and pastoralist technological organization in the Central Namib Desert, Western Namibia / Hafted woodworking tools from an upper paleolithic site in Northern China: prehensile wear experiments and archaeological implications / Toward a more behavioral approach: the contribution of wear studies / Function and value in sickle segment analysis: odellian perspectives / "There is the tool and the way of using it": quina scrapers and their retouches / Dynamic variables and the use-related reduction of Huron projectile points / Artifactual and environment-related variations in Fuego-Patagonia (Argentina): assessing the role of different factors / The evolution of old cordilleran core technology / Squeezing life from stones: the human side of replication experiments / Michael J. Shott -- Jim A. Railey and Eric J. Gonzales -- John J. Shea -- Simon Holdaway, Matthew Douglass, and Rebecca Phillipps -- Grant S. McCall and Rachel A. Horowitz -- Chen Shen, Xiaoling Zhang, Jingfang Zhao, Yanhua Song, Hong Chen, and Xing Gao -- Veerle Rots -- Steven A. Rosen, Aaron Shugar, and Jacob Vardi -- Sylvie Beyries and Philippe Walter -- Harry J. Lerner -- Marcelo Cardillo, Judith Charlin, and Karen Borrazzo -- Anna M. Prentiss, James C. Chatters, Randall R. Skelton, and Matthew Walsh -- John E. Clark and James C. Woods.
9781607813835
Stone implements--Analysis. Tools, Prehistoric--Analysis. Projectile points--Analysis.