Designing Experimental Research in Archaeology : Examining Technology Through Production and Use.

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Understanding Ceramic Manufacturing Technology: The Role of Experimental Archaeology -- 3: Ceramic Vessel Use and Use Alteration: Insights from Experimental Archaeology -- 4: Flake Debris and Flintknapping Experimentation -- 5: Conducting Experimental Research as a Basis for Microwear Analysis -- 6: Experimental Heat Alteration of Lithic Raw Materials -- 7: Understanding Grinding Technology through Experimentation -- 8: Retrieving the Perishable Past: Experimentation in Fiber Artifact Studies -- 9: Weapon Trials: The Atlatl and Experiments in Hunting Technology -- 10: Replicating Bone Tools and Other Fauno Technologies -- 11: Experimental Zooarchaeology: Research Directions and Methods -- Index.

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