Notice catalographique « Understanding stone tools and archaeological sites »
- Titre
- Understanding stone tools and archaeological sites
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Kooyman, Brian P.
- Lieu de publication
- Calgary
- Maison d'édition
- University of Calgary Press
- Date de publication
- 2000
- Collation
- vii, 206 pages : illustrations
- Résumé
- 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, Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites 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.
- Table des matières
Chapter 1. Introduction to Lithic Analysis -- 1.1 Early History of Lithic Studies -- Chapter 2. Manufacturing Techniques and Brittle Material Fracture Mechanics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Manufacturing Techniques -- 2.2.1 Flaking -- 2.2.2 Techniques to produce stone tools by flaking -- 2.2.3 Basic flake types -- 2.3 Fracture Mechanics -- 2.3.1 Fracture initiation and the Hertzian cone -- 2.4 Analysis Implementation -- Chapter 3. General Lithic Types -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Silicate Minerals -- 3.3 Rocks -- 3.3.1 Igneous rock classification.
3.3.2 Separating igneous rocks in hand specimen -- 3.3.3 Sedimentary rock classification -- 3.3.4 Metamorphic rocks -- 3.4 Analysis Implementation -- Chapter 4. Sourcing Lithic Materials -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Sourcing by Non-Chemical Methods: Some Examples -- 4.3 Chemical Sourcing -- 4.3.1 Main problems with chemical sourcing analysis -- 4.4 Analysis Implementation -- Chapter 5. Lithic Reduction Strategies and Techniques -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Conceptual Models -- 5.3 Reduction Stage Analysis -- 5.3.1 Reduction stages -- 5.3.2 Practical approaches to analysis.
5.3.3 Determining platform boundaries and scar counts -- 5.3.4 Mass analysis -- 5.4 Ground Stone Tool Reduction Stage Analysis -- 5.5 Heat Treatment of Lithic Material -- 5.6 Analysis Implementation -- Chapter 6. Survey of Worldwide Lithic Technology -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Lower Paleolithic -- 6.3 Middle Paleolithic -- 6.4 Upper Paleolithic -- 6.5 Mesolithic and Neolithic -- Chapter 7. Introduction to the Study of Lithic Production Variables -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Manufacturing Techniques: Flintknappers' Experience -- 7.3 Controlled Scientific Experiments in Lithic Production Variables.
7.3.1 Overall flake form -- 7.3.2 Other observations -- 7.4 Flintknappers' Replication Studies -- 7.5 Analysis Implementation -- Chapter 8. The Meaning of Form in Lithic Tools -- 8.1 Types of Form -- 8.2 Functional Tool Types -- 8.2.1 Fabricators -- 8.2.2 Reduction stage tools -- 8.2.3 Finished tool types: General -- 8.2.4 Finished tool types: Specific -- 8.3 Analysis Implementation -- Chapter 9. Northern Plains Stone Tool Cultural History -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Clovis -- 9.2.1 Characteristic lithic tools -- 9.2.2 Lithic technology -- 9.3 Goshen-Plainview -- 9.3.1 Characteristic lithic tools.
9.3.2 Lithic technology -- 9.4 Folsom -- 9.4.1 Characteristic lithic tools -- 9.4.2 Lithic technology -- 9.5 Agate Basin -- 9.5.1 Characteristic lithic tools -- 9.5.2 Lithic technology -- 9.6 Hell Gap -- 9.6.1 Characteristic lithic tools -- 9.6.2 Lithic technology -- 9.7 Alberta -- 9.7.1 Characteristic lithic tools -- 9.7.2 Lithic technology -- 9.8 Cody Complex -- 9.8.1 Characteristic lithic tools -- 9.8.2 Lithic technology -- 9.9 Late Paleoindian Parallel-Oblique Complex -- 9.9.1 Characteristic lithic tools -- 9.9.2 Lithic technology -- 9.10 Mummy Cave/Early Plains Archaic.
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Archaeology - Methodology
- Stone implements
- Indigenous peoples - Great Plains - Antiquities
- Great Plains - Antiquities
- Outils de pierre
- Archéologie - Méthodologie
- Autochtones - Grandes Plaines - Antiquités
- Grandes Plaines - Antiquités
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780826323002
- Pays
- Canada
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- GN 799 T6 .K66 2000
- Clé
- 19139
- Collection
- Catalogue