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Pushing the envelope : experimental directions in the archaeology of stone tools / Grant S. McCall, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Focus on civilizations and culturesPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781617615160
  • 1617615161
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pushing the envelopeDDC classification:
  • 930.1/2 22
LOC classification:
  • GN700.T6
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapter 1: Experimental Insights into the Evaluation of Knapping Skill in Pliocene Hominids -- Chapter 2: Searching for Skill Identifiers Through Experimental Flintknapping and a North American Archaeological Assemblage -- Chapter 3: Searching for Mental Templates and Missing the Evidence: A Handaxe Essay in Honor of Jelinek and Binford -- Chapter 4: Problems Inherent in Studying the Origins of European Blade Technologies -- Chapter 5: Mind Over Matter: Examining Stylistic Variability in Lithic Manufacture -- Chapter 6: The Iceman Knappeth: Learning About Knapping Soft Stones from an Experiment Knapping Ice -- Chapter 7: The Trouble with Lithic Scatters: Adjusting the Focus of Predictive Modeling -- Chapter 8: A Comparison of Biface Reduction and Curation Indices -- Chapter 9: Initial Observations and Patterns of Expedient Flake Use in a Wilton Industry Assemblage from Northeastern Namibia -- Chapter 10: Building Theory from Stone Tool, or, For Those About to Study Rocks, We Salute You!
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chapter 1: Experimental Insights into the Evaluation of Knapping Skill in Pliocene Hominids -- Chapter 2: Searching for Skill Identifiers Through Experimental Flintknapping and a North American Archaeological Assemblage -- Chapter 3: Searching for Mental Templates and Missing the Evidence: A Handaxe Essay in Honor of Jelinek and Binford -- Chapter 4: Problems Inherent in Studying the Origins of European Blade Technologies -- Chapter 5: Mind Over Matter: Examining Stylistic Variability in Lithic Manufacture -- Chapter 6: The Iceman Knappeth: Learning About Knapping Soft Stones from an Experiment Knapping Ice -- Chapter 7: The Trouble with Lithic Scatters: Adjusting the Focus of Predictive Modeling -- Chapter 8: A Comparison of Biface Reduction and Curation Indices -- Chapter 9: Initial Observations and Patterns of Expedient Flake Use in a Wilton Industry Assemblage from Northeastern Namibia -- Chapter 10: Building Theory from Stone Tool, or, For Those About to Study Rocks, We Salute You!

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