Lithics : macroscopic approaches to analysis /

"Lithics, the practice of stone artifact analysis, has undergone many changes in recent years with the development of new techniques of analysis and the re-assessment of older techniques. This book is a fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr.'s ground-breaking manual on...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Andrefsky, William, Jr., 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Cambridge manuals in archaeology.
Subjects:
Tools, Prehistoric > Analysis.
Stone implements > Analysis.
Tools, Prehistoric > Classification.
Flintknapping.
Outils préhistoriques > Analyse.
Outils préhistoriques > Classification.
Outils de pierre > Analyse.
Débitage (Préhistoire)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Tools, Prehistoric.
Steingerät
Analyse
Archäologie
Archeologie.
Prehistorie.
Gereedschappen.
Classification.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A brief introduction to lithic analysis
  • Basics of stone tool production
  • Lithic raw materials
  • Getting started in lithic analysis : identification and classification
  • Flake debitage attributes
  • Approaches to debitage analysis
  • Approaches to stone tool analysis
  • Artifact diversity and site function
  • Lithic analysis and prehistoric sedentism.

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