Lithics : macroscopic approaches to analysis.
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| Author / Creator: | Andrefsky, William, Jr., 1955- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
| Description: | xxiv, 301 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge manuals in archaeology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5808453 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Preface to second edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1. A brief introduction to lithic analysis
- The organization of the book
- Early historical development
- A perspective on microwear
- The truth about replication
- 2. Basics of stone tool production
- Basic terminology
- Fracture mechanics
- Stone tool morphological dynamics
- Summary
- 3. Lithic raw materials
- A brief review of geochemical techniques
- Rock genesis
- Igneous rocks
- Sedimentary rocks
- Metamorphic rocks
- Summary
- 4. Getting started in lithic analysis: identification and classification
- Attributes and attribute states
- Types and typologies
- A basic chipped stone typology
- Summary
- 5. Flake debitage attributes
- Debitage condition and termination
- Debitage striking platforms
- Debitage size
- Debitage dorsal cortex
- Debitage curvature
- Summary
- 6. Approaches to debitage analysis
- Typological analysis of debitage
- Aggregate analysis of debitage
- Dissecting debitage assemblages
- Summary
- 7. Approaches to stone tool analysis
- Core analysis
- Flake tool analysis
- Biface analysis
- Tool function
- Summary
- 8. Artifact diversity and site function
- Artifact types and function
- Site function models
- Summary
- 9. 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
- 10. Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index