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Lithics : macroscopic approaches to analysis / William Andrefsky, Jr.

By: Language: English Series: Cambridge manuals in archaeology | Cambridge manuals in archaeologyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 301 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521849760
  • 9780521615006
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN799.T6 A53 2005
Contents:
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 Funtion Models -- Summary -- 9. Lithic Analysis and Prehistoric Sedentism -- Sedentism and Archaeology -- Sedentism in North Amerika -- Occupation Duration and The Mousterian of West-central Italy -- Raw-Material Qualities and Relative Sedentism -- Summary -- 10. Conclusion.
Summary: This book is a fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis. Designed for students and professional archaeologists, this highly illustrated book explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. Introducing the reader to lithic raw materials, classification, terminology and key concepts, it comprehensively explores methods and techniques, presenting detailed case studies of lithic analysis from around the world. It examines new emerging techniques, such as the advances being made in lithic debitage analysis and lithic tool analysis, and includes a new section on stone tool functional studies. An extensive and expanded glossary makes this book an invaluable reference for archaeologists at all levels.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-295) and index.

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 Funtion Models -- Summary -- 9. Lithic Analysis and Prehistoric Sedentism -- Sedentism and Archaeology -- Sedentism in North Amerika -- Occupation Duration and The Mousterian of West-central Italy -- Raw-Material Qualities and Relative Sedentism -- Summary -- 10. Conclusion.

This book is a fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis. Designed for students and professional archaeologists, this highly illustrated book explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. Introducing the reader to lithic raw materials, classification, terminology and key concepts, it comprehensively explores methods and techniques, presenting detailed case studies of lithic analysis from around the world. It examines new emerging techniques, such as the advances being made in lithic debitage analysis and lithic tool analysis, and includes a new section on stone tool functional studies. An extensive and expanded glossary makes this book an invaluable reference for archaeologists at all levels.

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