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Lithics MacroscopicApproachestoAnalysis Lithics,thepracticeofstoneartifactanalysis,hasundergonemanychangesinrecentyearswith thedevelopmentofnewtechniquesofanalysisandtheassessmentofoldertechniques.Thisbook isafullyupdatedandrevisededitionofWilliamAndrefsky,Jr.’sground-breakingmanualon lithicanalysis.Designedforstudentsandprofessionalarchaeologists,thishighlyillustrated bookexplainsthefundamentalprinciplesofthemeasurement,recordingandanalysisof stonetoolsandstonetoolproductiondebris.Introducingthereadertolithicrawmaterials, classification,terminologyandkeyconcepts,itcomprehensivelyexploresmethodsand techniques,presentingdetailedcasestudiesoflithicanalysisfromaroundtheworld.It examinesnewemergingtechniques,suchastheadvancesbeingmadeinlithicdebitageanalysis andlithictoolanalysis,andincludesanewsectiononstonetoolfunctionalstudies.Anextensive andexpandedglossarymakesthisbookaninvaluablereferenceforarchaeologistsatalllevels. WILLIAM ANDREFSKY, JR. isProfessorofAnthropologyatWashingtonStateUniversity. HeistheauthorofLithics(FirstEdition,1998)andLithicDebitage(2001)andnumerousarticles onarchaeologyandanthropology. CambridgeManualsinArchaeology GeneralEditor GraemeBarker,UniversityofCambridge AdvisoryEditors ElizabethSlater,UniversityofLiverpool PeterBogucki,PrincetonUniversity CambridgeManualsinArchaeologyisaseriesofreferencehandbooksdesignedforan internationalaudienceofupper-levelundergraduateandgraduatestudents,andprofessional archaeologistsandarchaeologicalscientistsinuniversities,museums,researchlaboratories,and fieldunits.Eachbookincludesasurveyofcurrentarchaeologicalpracticealongsideessential referencematerialoncontemporarytechniquesandmethodology. Booksintheseries CliveOrton,PaulTyers,andAlanVince,POTTERY IN ARCHAEOLOGY R.LeeLyman,VERTEBRATE TAPHONOMY PeterG.Dorrell,PHOTOGRAPHY IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, 2 NDEDN A.G.Brown,ALLUVIAL GEOARCHAEOLOGY CherylClaassen,SHELLS ElizabethJ.ReitzandElizabethS.Wing,ZOOARCHAEOLOGY CliveOrton,SAMPLING IN ARCHAEOLOGY SteveRoskams,EXCAVATION 2 SimonHillson,TEETH, ND EDN 2 WilliamAndrefsky,Jr.,LITHICS, ND EDN Lithics Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis SECOND EDITION William Andrefsky, Jr. Washington State University, Pullman camʙʀɪdɢe uɴɪveʀsɪtʏ pʀess Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cʙ2 2ʀu, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521849760 © William Andrefsky, Jr., 1998, 2005 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2005 ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-511-13737-2 eBook (NetLibrary) ɪsʙɴ-10 0-511-13737-0 eBook (NetLibrary) ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-521-84976-0 hardback ɪsʙɴ-10 0-521-84976-4 hardback ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-521-61500-6 paperback ɪsʙɴ-10 0-521-61500-3 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of uʀʟs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. ToMarilynandClaire CONTENTS Listoffigures pagexii Listoftables xvi Preface xix Prefacetosecondedition xxi Acknowledgments xxiii 1 Abriefintroductiontolithicanalysis 1 Theorganizationofthebook 1 Earlyhistoricaldevelopment 3 Aperspectiveonmicrowear 5 Thetruthaboutreplication 7 2 Basicsofstonetoolproduction 11 Basicterminology 12 Fracturemechanics 24 Stonetoolmorphologicaldynamics 30 Summary 38 3 Lithicrawmaterials 41 Abriefreviewofgeochemicaltechniques 43 Rockgenesis 46 Igneousrocks 47 Sedimentaryrocks 50 Metamorphicrocks 56 Summary 59
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