Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology)

326 Pages·2005·3.65 MB·English

by  William Andrefsky Jr

Lithics
MacroscopicApproachestoAnalysis
Lithics,thepracticeofstoneartifactanalysis,hasundergonemanychangesinrecentyearswith
thedevelopmentofnewtechniquesofanalysisandtheassessmentofoldertechniques.Thisbook
isafullyupdatedandrevisededitionofWilliamAndrefsky,Jr.’sground-breakingmanualon
lithicanalysis.Designedforstudentsandprofessionalarchaeologists,thishighlyillustrated
bookexplainsthefundamentalprinciplesofthemeasurement,recordingandanalysisof
stonetoolsandstonetoolproductiondebris.Introducingthereadertolithicrawmaterials,
classification,terminologyandkeyconcepts,itcomprehensivelyexploresmethodsand
techniques,presentingdetailedcasestudiesoflithicanalysisfromaroundtheworld.It
examinesnewemergingtechniques,suchastheadvancesbeingmadeinlithicdebitageanalysis
andlithictoolanalysis,andincludesanewsectiononstonetoolfunctionalstudies.Anextensive
andexpandedglossarymakesthisbookaninvaluablereferenceforarchaeologistsatalllevels.
WILLIAM ANDREFSKY, JR. isProfessorofAnthropologyatWashingtonStateUniversity.
HeistheauthorofLithics(FirstEdition,1998)andLithicDebitage(2001)andnumerousarticles
onarchaeologyandanthropology.

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Lithics
Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis
SECOND EDITION
William Andrefsky, Jr. Washington State University, Pullman
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CONTENTS
Listoffigures pagexii
Listoftables xvi
Preface xix
Prefacetosecondedition xxi
Acknowledgments xxiii
1 Abriefintroductiontolithicanalysis 1
Theorganizationofthebook 1
Earlyhistoricaldevelopment 3
Aperspectiveonmicrowear 5
Thetruthaboutreplication 7
2 Basicsofstonetoolproduction 11
Basicterminology 12
Fracturemechanics 24
Stonetoolmorphologicaldynamics 30
Summary 38
3 Lithicrawmaterials 41
Abriefreviewofgeochemicaltechniques 43
Rockgenesis 46
Igneousrocks 47
Sedimentaryrocks 50
Metamorphicrocks 56
Summary 59