Time, Energy and Stone Tools

Klappentext This collection aims to refocus archaeological and anthropological interest in technology. Zusammenfassung Time! Energy and Stone Tools aims to refocus archaeological and anthropological interest in technology by demonstrating that theory-building is possible if tool manufacture and use are conceived as products of both environmental factors and social needs. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Preface; 1. Tools as optimal solutions Robin Torrence; 2. From shopper to celt: the evolution of resharpening techniques Brian Hayden; 3. The occupational history of sites and the interpretation of prehistoric technological systems: an example from Cedar Mesa, Utah Eileen Camilli; 4. Trade or embedded procurement?: a test case from southern Illinois Carol A. Morrow and Richard W. Jefferies; 5. Economies in raw material use by prehistoric hunter-gatherers Robert Jeske; 6. Lithic technology and mobility strategies: the Koster site Middle Archaic Rochelle Lurie; 7. Re-tooling: towards a behavioural theory of stone tools Robin Torrence; 8. A cost-benefit study of the functionally similar tools Roger A. Boydston; 9. Reliable and maintainable technological strategies in the Mesolithic of mainland Britain Andrew Myers; 10. Assessing social information in material objects: how well do lithics measure up? Joan M. Gero; 11. Optimisation and stone tool studies: problems and potential Michael A. Jochim; References; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robin Torrence
• Con la collaborazione di: Torrence Robin (Editore), Robin Torrence (Editore), Torrence Robin (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521115285
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11528-5
• Pagine: 136
• Serie: New Directions in Archaeology; New Directions in Archaeology
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria; prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Prehistoric archaeology