Lithic Technologies In Sedentary Societies
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Lithic Technologies In Sedentary Societies
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Author : Rachel A. Horowitz
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2019-06-21
Lithic Technologies In Sedentary Societies written by Rachel A. Horowitz and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-21 with Social Science categories.
Lithic Technologies in SedentarySocieties examines lithic technology from ancient societies in Mesoamerica, the Near East, South Asia, and North America, showcasing the important contributions in-depth lithic analysis can make to the study of sedentary societies around the world. Using cutting-edge analytical techniques these case studies address difficult anthropological questions concerning economic, social, and political issues, as well as global trends in lithic production. Lithic analysis focused on sedentary societies, especially in places like Mesoamerica, has previously been neglected mostly because of the high frequency of informal tools, but such bias limits the ways in which both lithic production and economic organization are investigated. Bringing the importance of studying such technologies to the fore and emphasizing the vital anthropological questions that lithics can answer, Lithic Technologies in Sedentary Societies is a valuable resource for scholars and students of lithic technology and sedentary, complex societies. Contributors: Fumi Arakawa, Mary A. Davis, James Enloe, Dan Healan, Francesca Manclossi, Theodore Marks, Jayur Madhusudan Mehta, Jason S. R. Paling, Steve Rosen, John Whittaker
Lithic Technological Organization And Paleoenvironmental Change
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Author : Erick Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-11-06
Lithic Technological Organization And Paleoenvironmental Change written by Erick Robinson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-06 with Social Science categories.
The objective of this edited volume is to bring together a diverse set of analyses to document how small-scale societies responded to paleoenvironmental change based on the evidence of their lithic technologies. The contributions bring together an international forum for interpreting changes in technological organization - embracing a wide range of time periods, geographic regions and methodological approaches. As technology brings more refined information on ancient climates, the research on spatial and temporal variability of paleoenvironmental changes. In turn, this has also broadened considerations of the many ways that prehistoric hunter-gatherers may have responded to fluctuations in resource bases. From an archaeological perspective, stone tools and their associated debitage provide clues to understanding these past choices and decisions, and help to further the investigation into how variable human responses may have been. Despite significant advances in the theory and methodology of lithic technological analysis, there have been few attempts to link these developments to paleoenvironmental research on a global scale.
Mesoamerican Lithic Technology
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Author : Kenn Hirth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Mesoamerican Lithic Technology written by Kenn Hirth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Any overview of prehispanic society in the Americas would identify its obsidian core-blade production as a unique and highly inventive technology. Normally termed prismatic blades, these long, parallel-sided flakes are among the sharpest cutting tools ever produced by humans. Their standardized form permitted interchangeable use, and such blades became the cutting tool of choice throughout Mesoamerica between 600-800 B.C. Because considerable production skill is required, increased demand may have stimulated the appearance of craft specialists who played an integral role in Mesoamerican society. Some investigators have argued that control over obsidian also had a significant effect on the development and organization of chiefdom and state-level societies. While researchers have long recognized the potential of obsidian studies, recent work has focused primarily on compositional analysis to reconstruct trade and distribution networks. Study of blade production has received much less attention, and many aspects of this highly evolved craft are still lost. This volume seeks to identify current research questions in Mesoamerican lithic technology and to demonstrate that replication studies coupled with experimental research design are valuable analytical approaches to such questions.
Written In Stone
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Author : P. Nick Kardulias
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2003
Written In Stone written by P. Nick Kardulias and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Social Science categories.
Written in Stone: The Multiple Dimensions of Lithic Analysis demonstrates the vitality of contemporary lithics analysis by examining material from a variety of geographical locations. This edited collection is primarily concerned with the link between craft production and social complexity, the nature of trade, and the delineation of settlement patterns and manipulation of landscape. While deconstructing the present to reconstruct the past, each chapter incorporates a technological dimension shaped by the type of analysis utilized. Methods include microwear analysis, which adds significant understanding of stone tool function, to the identification of obsidian sources, which illustrates the potential of lithic provenance studies for reconstructing trade. This book verifies and expands on the notion that lithics play an integral role in our understanding of past societies at all levels of complexity, from Paleolithic hunter-gatherers to archaic states.
Lithic Technology In Metal Using Societies
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Author : Berit Valentin Eriksen
language : en
Publisher: Aarhus University Press
Release Date : 2010
Lithic Technology In Metal Using Societies written by Berit Valentin Eriksen and has been published by Aarhus University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Bronze age categories.
During several hundred thousand years of human prehistory, siliceous rocks such as flint and chert were the most important raw materials used for tool production. In the 5th millennium BC, however, the use of copper is documented in many Neolithic tool assemblages and in the course of the 3rd millennium BC metal technology is introduced in prehistoric societies all over Europe. With a few exceptions, metal is largely superior to flint when it comes to the production of tools, yet there are regions throughout the world where flint craftsmanship thrived long after metallurgy had been introduced. There are numerous examples of copper and bronze implements being copied with great skill in flint, and in some areas simple flint tools would seem to be in common use even in early Iron Age societies. The present volume embodies the proceedings of a workshop dedicated to lithic technology in metal using societies that was held in connection with the XVth UISPP congress in Lisbon in September 2006. The workshop brought together researchers working on lithic inventories from a global range of societies in which tool-stone is being replaced by metal. Papers providing methodological and theoretical insight pertinent to these issues were also invited and the original score of papers presented at the workshop has been further enriched by papers from authors who were not able to participate in the workshop. With contributions by: Berit V. Eriksen, Barbara Armbruster, Mechtild Freudenberg, Catherine Frieman, Annelou Van Gijn, Anders Hogberg, Torben B. Ballin, Jarosaw Bronowicki & Mirosaw Masoj, Matthieu Honegger & Pauline De Montmollin, Chloe Druart, Evangelia Karimali, Georgia Kourtessi-Philippakis, Lasse Sensen, Steven A. Rosen, Isaac Gilead, Angela Davidzon & Jacob Vardi, Teresa P. Raczek, Miriam N. Haidle, Udo Neumann & Alfred Pawlik.
Archaeology Of The Southern Appalachians And Adjacent Watersheds
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Author : C. Clifford Boyd
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2023-05-30
Archaeology Of The Southern Appalachians And Adjacent Watersheds written by C. Clifford Boyd and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-30 with Social Science categories.
This book presents archaeology addressing all periods in the Native Southeast as a tribute to the career of Jefferson Chapman, longtime director of the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Written by Chapman’s colleagues and former students, the chapters add to our current understanding of early native southeastern peoples as well as Chapman’s original work and legacy to the field of archaeology. Some chapters review, reevaluate, and reinterpret archaeological evidence using new data, contemporary methods, or alternative theoretical perspectives— something that Chapman, too, fostered throughout his career. Others address the history and significance of archaeological collections curated at the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, where Chapman was the director for nearly thirty years. The essays cover a broad range of archaeological material studies and methods and in doing so carry forth Chapman’s legacy.
Archaeological Concepts Techniques And Terminology For American Prehistoric Lithic Technology
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Author : Wm Jack Hranicky
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2013-06-03
Archaeological Concepts Techniques And Terminology For American Prehistoric Lithic Technology written by Wm Jack Hranicky and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-03 with Social Science categories.
Archaeological Concepts, Techniques, and Terminology for American Prehistory Lithic Technology by Wm Jack Hranicky is a 600-page comprehensive publication that encompasses the study of American prehistoric stone tools and implements. It is a look-up volume for studying the material culture of prehistoric people and using its concepts and methods for researching this aspect of archaeology. There are over 3000 entries which are defined and illustrated. It also has an extensive set of references and an overview for the study of stone tools.
Lithic Technology In The Middle Potomac River Valley Of Maryland And Virginia
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Author : Wm. Jack Hranicky
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Lithic Technology In The Middle Potomac River Valley Of Maryland And Virginia written by Wm. Jack Hranicky and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Social Science categories.
The archaeological focus on a single geographical area offers an opportunity to present projectile point typology as a microtechnology even though some of the types have widespread distributions. The area of the Middle Potomac River Valley presents a physical artefact collection for a view of prehistory. This volume, which includes several hundred images of the investigation, artefacts and archaeological research compiled and recorded from over 30 years of work in the area, includes: -an overview of the Middle Potomac River Valley archaeology including the peoples and sites; -new data and interpretations for the lithic technology of the area; and -classification and typology of artefacts including the usage of projectile point, axe, celt, drill, and knife implements. This work will be of great interest to prehistory archaeologists, especially those working in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States.
Lithic Materials And Paleolithic Societies
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Author : Brian Adams
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-05-06
Lithic Materials And Paleolithic Societies written by Brian Adams and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-06 with Science categories.
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.
Proposed National Enrichment Facility In Lea County New Mexico
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Proposed National Enrichment Facility In Lea County New Mexico written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.