Stone Tools

Author : Brian Patrick Kooyman
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 9781552380352

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Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites by Brian Patrick Kooyman Pdf

Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites is a valuable volume of investigative archaeology focuses on stone tools, the artifacts produced by these tools, and the revealing debris left behind at sites where they were produced. The majority of study sites discussed are in western North America, including Alberta's own Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a World Heritage Site. Suitable for both the scholar and the interested layperson, provides a comprehensive study in archaeological lithic analysis. This concise, "hands-on" guide to practical exploration at stone tool sites will become required reading for those pursuing studies of any sort in prehistoric lithic artifacts. The inclusion of maps, illustrations, and photographs broadens the reader's understanding of deriving meaning and relevance in the study of stone tool technology.

Author : Kathryn Weedman Arthur
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780816537136

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The Lives of Stone Tools by Kathryn Weedman Arthur Pdf

"This book offers critical insights into lithic technology and cultural practices concerning stone tools"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Mark Edmonds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135123208

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Stone Tools & Society by Mark Edmonds Pdf

Stone tools are the most durable and, in some cases, the only category of material evidence that students of prehistory have at their disposal. Exploring the changing character and context of stone tools in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain, Mark Edmonds examines the varied ways in which these artefacts were caught up in the fabric of past social life. Key themes include:stone tool procurement and production * the nature of technological traditions * stone tools and social identity * the nature of exchange and the significance of depositional practices. As well as contributing to current debate about the interpretation of material culture, Dr. Edmonds uses the evidence of stone tools to reconsider some of the major horizons of change in later British prehistory.From the production of tools at spectacularly located quarries to their ceremonial burial or destruction at ritual monuments, this well-illustrated study demonstrates that our understanding of these varied and sometimes enigmatic artefacts requires a concern with their social, as well as their practical dimensions.

Author : Patrick C. Vaughan
Publisher : Century Collection
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816535825

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Use-Wear Analysis of Flaked Stone Tools by Patrick C. Vaughan Pdf

"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.

Author : John J. Shea
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108424431

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Prehistoric Stone Tools of Eastern Africa by John J. Shea Pdf

A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world's longest archaeological record.

Author : John J. Shea
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107006980

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Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East by John J. Shea Pdf

This book surveys the archaeological record for stone tools from the earliest times to 6,500 years ago in the Near East.

Author : John J. Shea
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107123090

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Stone Tools in Human Evolution by John J. Shea Pdf

An exploration of how the evolution of behavioral differences between humans and other primates affected the archaeological stone tool evidence.

Author : John C. Whittaker
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292792555

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Flintknapping by John C. Whittaker Pdf

Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. In this new guide, John C. Whittaker offers the most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available and the only one written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them. Flintknapping contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools. Whittaker starts at the beginner level and progresses to discussion of a wide range of techniques. He includes information on necessary tools and materials, as well as step-by-step instructions for making several basic stone tool types. Numerous diagrams allow the reader to visualize the flintknapping process, and drawings of many stone tools illustrate the discussions and serve as models for beginning knappers. Written for a wide amateur and professional audience, Flintknapping will be essential for practicing knappers as well as for teachers of the history of technology, experimental archaeology, and stone tool analysis.

Author : Brian Patrick Kooyman
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826323332

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Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites by Brian Patrick Kooyman Pdf

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

Author : Robin Torrence
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1989-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521253500

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Time, Energy and Stone Tools by Robin Torrence Pdf

This collection aims to refocus archaeological and anthropological interest in technology.

Author : Brian Hayden
Publisher : Eliot Werner Publications
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781734281880

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Understanding Chipped Stone Tools by Brian Hayden Pdf

This is a unique and engaging book on prehistoric stone tools. It advocates an experiential approach in which analysts try to understand stone tool designs from the users' perspectives, and employs a universal logic of designing tools to solve practical problems and evaluating various possible solutions. However, to do so it is also necessary to understand how stone can be mechanically modified to serve specific functions. The author enlists a rich array of ethnographic observations and considerable background as a flintknapper to show the basic ways in which stones can be flaked and modified and what these characteristics can reveal about prehistoric problem-solving strategies and design constraints. This is an invaluable primer for anyone contemplating the study of prehistoric stone tools."

Author : Lawrence H. Keeley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226428895

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Experimental Determination of Stone Tool Uses by Lawrence H. Keeley Pdf

A major problem confronting archeologists is how to determine the function of ancient stone tools. In this important work, Lawrence H. Keeley reports on his own highly successful course of research into the uses of British Paleolithic flint implements. His principal method of investigation, known as "microwear analysis," was the microscopic examination of traces of use left on flint implements in the form of polishes, striations, and breakage patterns. The most important discovery arising from Keeley's research was that, at magnifications of 100x to 400x, there was a high correlation between the detailed appearance of microwear polishes formed on tool edges and the general category of material worked by that edge. For example, different and distinctive types of microwear polish were formed during use on wood, bone, hide, meat, and soft plant material. These correlations between microwear polish and worked material were independent of the method of use (cutting, sawing, scraping, and so on). In combining evidence of polish type with other traces of use, Keeley was able to make precise reconstructions of tool functions. This book includes the results of a "blind test" of Keeley's functional interpretations which revealed remarkable agreement between the actual and inferred use of the tools tested. Keeley applied his method of microwear analysis to artifacts from three excavation sites in Britain—Clacton-on-the-sea, Swanscombe, and Hoxne. His research suggests new hypotheses concerning such Paleolithic problems as inter-assemblage variability, the function of Acheulean hand axes, sidescrapers, and chopper-cores and points the way to future research in Stone Age studies.

Author : George H. Odell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489901736

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Stone Tools by George H. Odell Pdf

Lithic analysts have been criticized for being atheoretical in their approach, or at least for not contributing to building archaeological theory. This volume redresses that balance. In Stone Tools, renowned lithic analysts employ explicitly theoretical constructs to explore the archaeological record and use the lithic database to establish its points. Chapters discuss curation, design theory, replacement of stone with metal, piece refitting, and projectile point style.

Author : Jacques Bordaz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Man, Prehistoric
ISBN : PSU:000018091243

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Tools of the Old and New Stone Age by Jacques Bordaz Pdf

Author : Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107022928

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Stone Tools and Fossil Bones by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo Pdf

International archaeologists examine early Stone Age tools and bones to present the most holistic view to date of the archaeology of human origins.