Stone tools : theoretical insights into human prehistory
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Stone tools : theoretical insights into human prehistory
(Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology)
Plenum Press, c1996
Available at 15 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Based on papers presented at the Second Tulsa Conference on Lithic Analysis held in the summer of 1993 at the University of Tulsa
Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Lithic analysts have been criticized for being atheoretical in their approach, or at least for not contributing to building archaeological theory. This volume redresses that balance. In Stone Tools, renowned lithic analysts employ explicitly theoretical constructs to explore the archaeological record and use the lithic database to establish its points. Chapters discuss curation, design theory, replacement of stone with metal, piece refitting, and projectile point style.
Table of Contents
- Recent Trends in Lithic Analysis. Theoreticians Enter Orbit. A Call to Merge Theory and Practice. Part I.: Research Design. Evaluating Lithic Strategies and Design Criteria
- B. Hayden, et al.Part II: Curation. Economizing Behavior and the Concept of `Curation'
- G.H. Odell. Is Curation a Useful Heuristic? S.E. Nash. Hunter-Gatherer Lithic Economy and Settlement Systems: Understanding Regional Assemblage Variability in the Upper Paleolithic of Portuguese Estremadura
- P.T. Thacker. Part III.: Stone Tools and Complex Societies. The Decline and Fall of Flint
- S.A. Rosen. Lithic Analysis and Questions of Cultural Complexity: The Maya
- J.K. Johnson. The Role of Chipped Stone in the Political Economy of Social Ranking
- M.S. Nassaney.Part IV.: Innovation and Style in Projectile Points. When Is an Elko? M.R. Rondeau. Projectile Points, Style and Social Process in the Preceramic of Central Peru
- J.W. Rick. Innovation and Selection in Prehistory: A Case Study from the American Bottom
- M.J. Shott.Part V: Technique and Methodology. Microwear Analysis of Some Clovis and Experimental Chipped Stone Tools
- M. Kay. Lithic Refitting and Archaeological Site Formation Processes: A Case Study from the Twin Ditch Site, Greene County, Illinois
- T.A. Morrow.Part VI: Conclusion. A Discussion of Seemingly Important Issues
- G.H. Odell, et al. Index.
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