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Lithic technologies in sedentary societies
\"Examining lithic technology in sedentary societies around the world and showcasing information that in-depth, cutting-edge, lithic analytical techniques provides. Highlighting important contributions to the field of lithics and how they can improve the study of sedentary Mesoamerican societies, as well as other ancient societies around the world\"--Provided by publisher.
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International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis
The significance of use-wear studies in archaeological research plays an important role as a proxy to prehistoric techno-cultural reconstruction. The present volume, divided into five thematic sections, includes chapters discussing various different research methods, techniques, chronologies and regions. As such, this volume will be of interest to both archaeologists and anthropologists.
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Works in Stone
Whether done by Stone Age hunters or artisans in ancient civilizations, the transformation of resistant stone into useful implements required skills with a high level of sophistication. Because stone tools are durable, today we have a lithic record to explain past behavior and the evolution of culture over long spans. Interpretive and analytical approaches to the study of stone tools, however, are often treated as independent, disconnected specialties. Works in Stone provides a broad look at the field of lithic analysis by bringing together a cross section of recent research. Scholars present a diverse range of concepts and methods with case studies that extend to every continent and contexts ranging from the Paleolithic to late prehistory. Showcasing the latest research of lithic analysts, Works in Stone provides a cohesive overview of recent methods and conclusions.
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Lithic technological systems and evolutionary theory
\"Stone tool analysis relies on a strong background in analytical and methodological techniques. However, lithic technological analysis has not been well integrated with a theoretically informed approach to understanding how humans procured, made, and used stone tools. Evolutionary theory has great potential to fill this gap. This collection of essays brings together several different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior. The essays cover a range of topics, including human behavioral ecology, cultural transmission, phylogenetic analysis, risk management, macroevolution, dual inheritance theory, cladistics, central place foraging, costly signaling, selection, drift, and various applications of evolutionary ecology\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast
Representing work by a mixture of veterans and a new
generation of lithic analysts,
Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast explores
fresh ideas while reworking and pushing the limits of traditional
methods and hypotheses. The variability in the southeastern
lithic landscape over space and through time makes it a dynamic
and challenging region for archaeologists. Demonstrating a
holistic approach and using a variety of methods, this volume
aims to derive information regarding prehistoric lifeways from
lithic assemblages. The contributors use data from a wide
temporal span and a variety of sites across the Southeast,
ranging from Texas to South Carolina and from Florida to
Kentucky. Not merely cautionary tales, these case studies
demonstrate the necessity of looking beyond the bag of lithic
material sitting in the laboratory to address the key questions
in the organization of prehistoric lithic technologies. How do
field-collection strategies bias our interpretations? What is
therelationship between technological strategies and tool design?
How can inferences regarding social and economic strategies be
made from lithic assemblages? Contributors William Andrefsky Jr.
/ Andrew P. Bradbury / Philip J. Carr / CarolynConklin / D.
Randall Cooper / Jason L.Edmonds / Jay D. Franklin / Albert
C.Goodyear III / Joel Hardison / Lucinda M. Langston / D. Shane
Miller / George H.Odell / Charlotte D. Pevny / Tara L. Potts
/Sarah E. Price / Douglas Sain / Sarah C.Sherwood / Ashley M.
Smallwood /Paul Thacker
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Lithic materials and Paleolithic societies
Lithic Materials and Paleolithic Societies provides a detailed examination of the Paleolithic procurement and utilization of the most durable material in the worldwide archaeological record. The volume addresses sites ranging in age from some of the earliest hominin occupations in eastern and southern Africa to late Pleistocene and post-Pleistocene occupations in North American and Australia. The Early Paleolithic in India and the Near East, the Middle Paleolithic in Europe, and the Late Paleolithic in Europe and eastern Asia are also considered. The authors include established researchers who provide important synthetic statements updated with new information. Recent data are reported, often by younger scholars who are becoming respected members of the international research community. The authors represent research traditions from nine countries and therefore provide insight into the scholarly present as well as the Paleolithic past. Attempts are frequently made to relate lithic procurement and utilization to the organization of societies and even broader concerns of hominin behaviour. The volume re-evaluates existing interpretations in some instances by updating previous work of the authors and offers provocative new interpretations that at times call into question some basic assumptions of the Paleolithic. This book will be invaluable reading for advanced students and researchers in the fields of palaeolithic archaeology, geoarchaeology, and anthropology.
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Lithic Analysis at the Millennium
The original research papers in the volume provide a broad review of current approaches to the study of lithic technology from the Palaeolithic to the present. The contributions address both with analytical techniques and interpretive issues. Collectively, they increase our understanding of issues such as tool function, means of production, raw material sourcing and exchange systems, and the evolution of human cognition, social organization and symbolic behavior.
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Stone tools : theoretical insights into human prehistory
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.
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Variability in the Middle Stone Age of Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa is an important area to study early populations ofHomo sapiensbecause subsets of those populations likely dispersed to Eurasia and subsequently throughout the globe during the Upper Pleistocene. The Middle Stone Age (MSA) archaeology of this region, particularly aspects of stone-tool technology and typology, is highly variable with only rare cases of geographic and temporal patterning. Although there are differences in timing and perhaps frequency of occurrence, those elements that make up the MSA lithic tool kit are also found at contemporaneous sites elsewhere in Africa and Eurasia, making it difficult to identify a unique archaeological signal for hominin dispersals out of eastern Africa. Rather, regional variation appears to be the outcome of possibly long-term interactions between particular physical and social environments experienced by hominin populations.
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