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Aggregate Analysis in Chipped Stone
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Description for Aggregate Analysis in Chipped Stone
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hall, Christopher T; Larson, Mary Lou. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Less than two decades ago, archaeologists considered lithic debitage, the flakes and debris left from the manufacture of stone tools, little more than uninformative waste. Since then, fieldworkers have increasingly recognized that stone flakes can provide information both singly and in aggregate.
Many methods are now available for analyzing lithic debitage, yet no single method is entirely reliable as a vehicle to meaningful interpretation of past behavior. Part of the problem lies in the disparity between tightly controlled experimental conditions and the difficulty of sorting individual sequences out of the masses of stone found in many archaeological sites. Contributors ... Read more
Less than two decades ago, archaeologists considered lithic debitage, the flakes and debris left from the manufacture of stone tools, little more than uninformative waste. Since then, fieldworkers have increasingly recognized that stone flakes can provide information both singly and in aggregate.
Many methods are now available for analyzing lithic debitage, yet no single method is entirely reliable as a vehicle to meaningful interpretation of past behavior. Part of the problem lies in the disparity between tightly controlled experimental conditions and the difficulty of sorting individual sequences out of the masses of stone found in many archaeological sites. Contributors ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9780874807967
SKU
V9780874807967
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99-15
About N/A
Christopher Hall is staff archaeologist with Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. in Lexington, Kentucky. Mary Lou Larson is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, and associate director of the George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. She is co-editor of the forthcoming volume Hell Gap: A Stratified Paleoindian Campsite at the Edge of the Rockies. ... Read more
Reviews for Aggregate Analysis in Chipped Stone
This book promotes the right way of doing lithic analysis. It clearly defines the problems and provides some solutions. Any and all lithic analysts who are wondering about how to conduct analysis on a given project should consider the major points of this book."—Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology