Stone Tools as Cultural Markers

Stone Tools as Cultural Markers
Author: R. V. S. Wright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1977
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Papers presented to a symposium at the 1974 meeting of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Affairs.

Culture of Stone

Culture of Stone
Author: O. W. Hampton
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1999
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780890968703

In this unique study, Hampton describes the complete cultural inventory of both secular and sacred stones, ranging from utilitarian stone tools and profane symbolic stones to symbolic spirit stones, power stones with multiple functions, and medicinal power stone tools.

Use-wear Analysis of Flaked Stone Tools

Use-wear Analysis of Flaked Stone Tools
Author: Patrick C. Vaughan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1985
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

"This important new methodologically-oriented work represents a major step forward in the expanding field of traceological studies. . . . The text is exceptionally well written and documented. Schematic artifacts line drawings . . . clearly indicate different use zones on edges and are preceded by a coded use-type key. The 280 x photomicrographs in section III are exceptional as is also the presentation of qualitative and quantitative data."--American Antiquity "Vaughan's monograph provides a thorough treatment of the high-power microscopic approach to lithic use-wear analysis and will contribute to the resolution of this issue. . . . An excellent introduction to the subject."--North American Arcaeologist

Archaeology in Practice

Archaeology in Practice
Author: Jane Balme
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2009-02-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1405148861

Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to ArchaeologicalAnalyses offers students in archaeology laboratory courses adetailed and invaluable how-to manual of archaeological methods andprovides insight into the breadth of modern archaeology. Written by specialists of material analyses, whose expertiserepresents a broad geographic range Includes numerous examples of applications of archaeologicaltechniques Organized by material types, such as animal bones, ceramics,stone artifacts, and documentary sources, or by themes, such asdating, ethics, and report writing Written accessibly and amply referenced to provide readers witha guide to further resources on techniques and theirapplications Enlivened by a range of boxed case studies throughout the maintext

Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Southwestern United States

Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Southwestern United States
Author: Noel D. Justice
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2002-05-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780253108821

The American Southwest is the focus for this volume in Noel Justice's series of reference works that survey, describe, and categorize the projectile point and cutting tools used in prehistory by Native American peoples. Written for archaeologists and amateur collectors alike, the book describes over 50 types of stone arrowhead and spear points according to period, culture, and region. With the knowledge of someone trained to fashion projectile points with techniques used by the Indians, Justice describes how the points were made, used, and re-sharpened. His detailed drawings illustrate the way the Indians shaped their tools, what styles were peculiar to which regions, and how the various types can best be identified. There are hundreds of drawings, organized by type cluster and other identifying characteristics. The book also includes distribution maps and color plates that will further aid the researcher or collector in identifying specific periods, cultures, and projectile types.

Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites

Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites
Author: Brian Patrick Kooyman
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2000
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780826323330

Covers manufacturing techniques, lithic types and materials, reduction strategies and techniques, worldwide lithic technology, production variables, meaning of form, and usewear and residue analysis.

Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory

Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory
Author: Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2015-01-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1107026466

This collection of essays brings together several different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a byproduct of human behavior. The essays cover a range of topics, including human behavioral ecology, cultural transmission, phylogenetic analysis, macroevolution, and various applications of evolutionary ecology.

Archaeological Artefacts as Material Culture

Archaeological Artefacts as Material Culture
Author: Linda Hurcombe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2014-05-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136801995

This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and extensively illustrated, Archaeological Artefacts and Material Culture covers everything from recovery strategies and recording procedures to interpretation through typology, ethnography and experiment, and every type of material including wood, fibers, bones, hides and adhesives, stone, clay, and metals. With over seventy illustrations with almost fifty in full colour, this book not only provides the tools an archaeologist will need to interpret past societies from their artefacts, but also a keen appreciation of the beauty and tactility involved in working with these fascinating objects. This is a book no archaeologist should be without, but it will also appeal to anybody interested in the interaction between people and objects.