An introduction to stone tool life history and technological organization / William Andrefsky, Jr.--
Lithic reduction, its measurement and implications: comments on the volume / Michael J. Shott and Margaret C. Nelson --
Comparing and synthesizing unifacial stone tool reduction indices / Metin I. Eren and Mary E. Prendergast --
Unpacking production, resharpening and hammer type / Jennifer Keeling Wilson and Willian Andrefsky, Jr. --
The construction of morphological diversity: a study of mousterian implement retouching at Combe Grenal / Peter Hiscock and Chris Clarkson --
Reduction and retouch as independent measures of intensity / Brook Blades --
Stone tool perforating and retouch intensity: a neolithic case study / Colin Patrick Quinn [and others] --
Exploring the dart and arrow dilemma: retouch indices as functional determinants / Cheryl Harper and William Andrefsky, Jr. --
Projectile point provisioning strategies and human land-use William Andrefsky, Jr. --
The role of lithic raw material availability and quality in determining tool kit size, tool function, and degree of retouch: a case study from skink rockshelter (46NI445), West Virginia / Douglas H. MacDonald --
Raw material and retouched flakes / Andrew P. Bradbury, Philip J. Carr and D. Randall Cooper --
Lithic technological organization in an evolutionary framework: examples from North America's Pacific Northwest region / Anna M. Prentiss and David S. Clarke --
Changing reduction intensity, settlement and subsistence in Wardaman Country, Northern Australia / Chris Clarkson --
Lithic core reduction techniques: a model for predicting expected diversity / Nathan B. Goodale [and others].

This volume brings together essays that measure the life history of stone tools relative to retouch values, raw material constraints and evolutionary processes.