02236nam a22002417a 4500 20180831142325.0 180831b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780521615006 International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002 ;112641 ;22/08/2018 930.1028 AND William Andrefsky, Jr. Lithics : macroscopic approaches to analysis /William Andrefsky, Jr. New York : Cambridge University Press , 2005. xxiv, 301 pages ;25 cm. 3514 Cambridge manuals in archaeology. A brief introduction to lithic analysis -- Basics of stone tool production -- Lithic raw materials -- Getting started in lithic analysis : identification and classification -- Flake debitage attributes -- Approaches to debitage analysis -- Approaches to stone tool analysis -- Artifact diversity and site function -- Lithic analysis and prehistoric sedentism. Lithics, the practice of stone artifact analysis, has undergone many changes in recent years with the development of new techniques of analysis and the re-assessment of older techniques. This book is a fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr.'s ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis. Designed for students and professional archaeologists, this highly illustrated book explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording, and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. Introducing the reader to lithic raw materials, classification, terminology, and key concepts, it comprehensively explores methods and techniques, presenting detailed case studies of lithic analysis from around the world. It examines new emerging techniques, such as the advances being made in lithic debitage analysis and lithic tool analysis, and includes a new section on stone tool functional studies. An extensive and expanded glossary makes this book an invaluable reference for archaeologists at all levels. History Stone implements--Analysis Tools, Prehistoric--Analysis William Andrefsky, Jr. BOOK 50103 50103 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2018-08-31 3514.00 0 930.1028 AND 25571 2018-08-31 00:00:00 2018-08-31 BOOK