Stone Tools : Theoretical Insights into Human Prehistory.

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHAEOLOGY Stone Tools Theoretical Insights into Human Prehistory -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Preface -- Contents -- Stone Tools -- Introduction -- Part I Research Design -- Chapter 1 Evaluating Lithic Strategies and Design Criteria -- Part II Curation -- Chapter 2 Economizing Behavior and the Concept of "Curation -- Chapter 3 Is Curation a Useful Heuristic? -- Chapter 4 Hunter-Gatherer Lithic Economy and Settlement Systems -- Part III Stone Tools and Complex Societies -- Chapter 5 The Decline and Fall of Flint -- Chapter 6 Lithic Analysis and Questions of Cultural Complexity -- Chapter 7 The Role of Chipped Stone in the Political Economy of Social Ranking -- Part IV Innovation and Style in Projectile Points -- Chapter 8 When Is an Elko? -- Chapter 9 Projectile Points, Style, and Social Process in the Preceramic of Central Peru -- Chapter 10 Innovation and Selection in Prehistory -- Part V Technique and Methodology -- Chapter 11 Micro-wear Analysis of Some Clovis and Experimental Chipped Stone Tools -- Chapter 12 Lithic Refitting and Archaeological Site Formation Processes -- Part VI Conclusion -- Chapter 13 Some Comments on a Continuing Debate -- Index.

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