Pushing the Envelope
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61761-007-3 (ISBN)
Stone tools are the most ubiquitous and oldest variety of archaeological artefacts. Humans have made stone tools for the last 2.6 million years on every continent of the inhabited world. As such, they constitute the most important source of information about both past patterns of human behaviour and evolution. In spite of these facts and after more than two centuries of systematic study, the analysis of stone tools remains a relatively under-developed science. This book presents a series of research projects designed to "push the envelope" in terms of the limits of our methodological knowledge concerning stone tools. It presents a series of experimental studies designed to approach the analysis of stone tools, the construction of inferences about the human past, and the building of novel theory to explain it.
Introduction; Experimental Insights into the Evaluation of Knapping Skill in Pliocene Hominids; Searching for Skill Identifiers Through Experimental Flintknapping & a North American Archaeological Assemblage; Searching for Mental Templates & Missing the Evidence: A Handaxe Essay in Honor of Jelinek & Binford; Problems Inherent in Studying the Origins of European Blade Technologies; Mind Over Matter: Examining Stylistic Variability in Lithic Manufacture; The Iceman Knappeth: Learning About Knapping Soft Stones from an Experiment Knapping Ice; The Trouble with Lithic Scatters: Adjusting the Focus of Predictive Modeling; A Comparison of Biface Reduction & Curation Indices; Initial Observations & Patterns of Expedient Flake Use in a Wilton Industry Assemblage from Northeastern Namibia ; The Power of Visualizing Technology, or, For Those About to Study Rocks, We Salute You!; Index.
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 230 x 155 mm |
| Gewicht | 432 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-61761-007-0 / 1617610070 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-61761-007-3 / 9781617610073 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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