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Author Andrefsky, William, Jr., 1955- author

Title Lithics : macroscopic approaches to analysis / William Andrefsky, Jr
Edition Second edition
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 301 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge manuals in archaeology
Cambridge manuals in archaeology.
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
Summary "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 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."--Jacket
Notes Previous edition: 1998
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-295) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Tools, Prehistoric -- Analysis
Stone implements -- Analysis
Tools, Prehistoric -- Classification
Flintknapping.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Tools, Prehistoric
Flintknapping
Stone implements -- Analysis
Tools, Prehistoric -- Analysis
Steingerät
Analyse
Archäologie
Archeologie.
Prehistorie.
Gereedschappen.
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Form Electronic book
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