Written in Stone

The Multiple Dimensions of Lithic Analysis
Herausgeber: Kardulias, Nick P.; Yerkes, Richard W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9780739105368
• ISBN-10: 0739105361
• Artikelnr.: 22773918

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Lithic Analysis as Cross-Cultural Study
Chapter 2 The Use of the Chaine Operatoire Approach in the Upper
Paleolithic Period in Sinai
Chapter 3 Using Lithic Artifacts to Study Craft Specialiazation in Ancient
Societies: The Hopewell Case
Chapter 4 Lithic Artifacts from Surveys: A Comparative Evaluation of Recent
Evidence from the Southern Aegean
Chapter 5 Determining the Source of Lithic Artifacts and Reconstructing
Trade in the Ancient World
Chapter 6 Chemical Sourcing of Hopewell Bladelets: Implications for
Building a Chert Database for Ohio
Chapter 7 Stone in an Age of Bronze: Lithics from Bronze Age Contexts in
Greece and Iran
Chapter 8 Statecraft and State Crafts: A Reconsideration of Mesoamerican
Obsidian Industries