Written in Stone: The Multiple Dimensions of Lithic Analysis
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Nick P. Kardulias (Contributor) Richard W. Yerkes (Contributor) John F. Cherry (Contributor) John Clark (Contributor) James G. Foradas (Contributor) P Nick Kardulias (Contributor) William A. Parkinson (Contributor) James L. Phillips (Contributor) Robert H. Tykot (Contributor)
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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.
About the Author
P. Nick Kardulias is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archeology at the College of Wooster. He is the editor of World Systems Theory in Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), Beyond the Site: Regional Studies in the Aegean Area (University Press of America, 1994), and co-editor of Agean Startegies: Studies of Culture and Environment on the European Fringe (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999). Richard W. Yerkes is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Ohio State University. He has directed and worked on projects in the United States, Cyprus, Greece, and Hungary.
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- Contributor: Nick P. Kardulias
- Imprint: Lexington Books
- ISBN13: 9780739105368
- Number of Pages: 165
- Packaged Dimensions: 156x234x18mm
- Packaged Weight: 345
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Lexington Books
- Release Date: 2003-01-09
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: P. Nick Kardulias is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archeology at the College of Wooster. He is the editor of World Systems Theory in Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), Beyond the Site: Regional Studies in the Aegean Area (University Press of America, 1994), and co-editor of Agean Startegies: Studies of Culture and Environment on the European Fringe (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999). Richard W. Yerkes is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Ohio State University. He has directed and worked on projects in the United States, Cyprus, Greece, and Hungary.
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