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Pushing the Envelope: Experimental Directions in the Archaeology of Stone Tools

Editat de Grant S McCall
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 aug 2011
Stone tools are the most ubiquitous and oldest variety of archaeological artefacts. Humans have made stone tools for the last 2.6 million years on every continent of the inhabited world. As such, they constitute the most important source of information about both past patterns of human behaviour and evolution. In spite of these facts and after more than two centuries of systematic study, the analysis of stone tools remains a relatively under-developed science. This book presents a series of research projects designed to "push the envelope" in terms of the limits of our methodological knowledge concerning stone tools. It presents a series of experimental studies designed to approach the analysis of stone tools, the construction of inferences about the human past, and the building of novel theory to explain it.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781617610073
ISBN-10: 1617610070
Pagini: 179
Ilustrații: b/w photos, tables & charts
Dimensiuni: 230 x 155 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Nova Science Publishers Inc
Colecția Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Introduction; Experimental Insights into the Evaluation of Knapping Skill in Pliocene Hominids; Searching for Skill Identifiers Through Experimental Flintknapping & a North American Archaeological Assemblage; Searching for Mental Templates & Missing the Evidence: A Handaxe Essay in Honor of Jelinek & Binford; Problems Inherent in Studying the Origins of European Blade Technologies; Mind Over Matter: Examining Stylistic Variability in Lithic Manufacture; The Iceman Knappeth: Learning About Knapping Soft Stones from an Experiment Knapping Ice; The Trouble with Lithic Scatters: Adjusting the Focus of Predictive Modeling; A Comparison of Biface Reduction & Curation Indices; Initial Observations & Patterns of Expedient Flake Use in a Wilton Industry Assemblage from Northeastern Namibia ; The Power of Visualizing Technology, or, For Those About to Study Rocks, We Salute You!; Index.