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Lithics

by William Andrefsky

An accessible manual on stone artefact analysis directed at students and professional archaeologists. Classification, terminology, materials, concepts and analytical techniques are examined and explained; the final section is made up of case-studies taken from around the world. 300p, 36 tbs, 101 figs (Cambridge UP 1998, Pb 2005)

Publisher's Information - Table of contents

1. A brief introduction to lithic analysis; 2. Basics of stone tool production; 3. Lithic raw materials; 4. Getting started in lithic analysis: identification and classification; 5. Flake debitage attributes; 6. Approaches to debitage analysis; 7. Approaches to stone tool analysis; 8. Artifact diversity and site function; 9. Lithic analysis and prehistoric sedentism. 10. Conclusion.

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