Arrowheads and Stone Artifacts, Third Edition - A Practical Guide for the Amateur Archaeologist

Learn where to look for and how to identify and preserve your own collection of common and rare stone artifacts in this respected and ethical handbook.

Table des matières

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 Amateur Archaeologists’ Code of Ethics
Chapter 2 Antiquity Laws—Is Your Activity Legal?
Chapter 3 Why Look for Artifacts?
Chapter 4 The “Flint” Materials
Chapter 5 How Artifacts Were Made
Chapter 6 Arrowhead, Spearpoint, or Knife?
Chapter 7 Stone Artifacts
Chapter 8 Where Artifacts Are Found
Chapter 9 How to Hunt Artifacts
Chapter 10 Modern-Day Flintknapping
Chapter 11 Documentation and Preservation
Chapter 12 Organizations and Activities

Glossary
Recommended Reading
Bibliography
Meet the Author
Index

A propos de l'auteur

C. G. Yeager of Loveland, Colorado, is a lawyer, author, musician, and artist with a lifelong interest in archaeology, agriculture, Western history, rodeo, traditional country music, and baseball.

Educated in agricultural business, economics, and law, he was a former law clerk for the United States District Court, District of Wyoming, and is a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam War.

In addition, Yeager has been a member of the Loveland Archaeological Society, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the past thirty years, almost half of those years as chairman of the Loveland Stone Age Fair.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: C. G. Yeager
• Edition: Westwinds Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780871083319
• ISBN: 978-0-87108-331-9
• Pages: 260
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 17 mm
• Poids: 489 g
• Thèmes: Pruett; Pruett
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Préhistoire, protohistoire; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général