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Tools of the Trade : Methods, Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology /
"Tools of the Trade presents a collection of academic papers from the 2005 Chacmool archaeological conference, which includes a wide range of contributions from international archaeologists, senior professors, and students alike. Each chapter focuses on the discussion and application of unique...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Calgary :
University of Calgary Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; tool: Definition; Introduction; Chapter 1: Great Ape Tool Useand the Oldowan; Chapter 2: Natural History Intelligence and Hominid Tool Behaviour; Chapter 3: Tempo and Mode inthe Palaeolithic:How to Understand the Origins of Culture; Chapter 4: A Game of Inches: An Experimental Approach to Understanding How Atlatl Length Affects Performance; Chapter 5: Microscopic and Use-Wear Studies Plus Microblade Replication: Experiments with Rawand Heat-Treated Glass Buttes Obsidian
- Chapter 6: Making and Understanding Embarras Bipoints: The Replication and Operational Sequencing of a Newly Defined Diagnostic Stone Tool from the Eastern Slopes of AlbertaChapter 7: Systematic Properties of Stone Tool Reduction: Curation Analysis of Palaeoindian Bifacesand Unifaces; Chapter 8: The Chaîne Opératoire of Ceramic Manufacture and Ceramic Petrography: A Case Study from Rancho del Rio, Northwestern Honduras; Chapter 9: Archaeometric and Non-archaeometric Techniques and Their Relevance to Understanding Human Behaviour
- Chapter 10: Stable Isotope Analysis of Marine Shell to Determine Geographic Provenience: Implications for Prehistoric Trade Route ResearchChapter 11: Molecular Analysis of Ancient Cervid Remains from Two Archaeological Sites: Banff National Park and Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site, Alberta; Chapter 12: Tools for Interpreting Past Plant Use by Subarctic and Northern Northwest Coast Peoples; Chapter 13: Variable Wetland Useat the Mono Lake Basin, Eastern California: Perspectives from aNon-Site Approach
- Chapter 14: Fill in the Gap between Theory and Practice: Making a GIS-Based Digital Map of PachacamacChapter 15: Economy in Ancient Egypt: The Use of GIS for Understanding Different Spheres of Exchange; Chapter 16: A Space Syntax Analysis of Dohack and Range Phase Villages in the American Bottom; Chapter 17: The Spatial Morphology of Deficient Samples: Applying 'Spatial String-Matching' Methods to an Incomplete Data of Vernacular Houses; Contributors; Index; Back Cover