New perspectives on old stones : analytical approaches to Paleolithic technologies / Stephen J. Lycett, Parth R. Chauhan, editors.

Other author Lycett, Stephen J.
Other author Chauhan, Parth R.
Other author Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting 2008 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Springer, ©2010.
Descriptionviii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Analytical approaches to Palaeolithic technologies : an introduction / Stephen J. Lycett and Parth R. Chauhan -- A geometric morphometric assessment of plan shape in bone and stone Acheulean bifaces from the middle Pleistocene site of Castel di Guido, Latium, Italy / August G. Costa -- Regional diversity within the core technology of the Howiesons Poort techno-complex / Chris Clarkson -- Questioning the link between stone tool standardization and behavioral modernity / Gilliane F. Monnier and Kieran P. McNulty -- The quantitative analysis of mobility : ecological techniques and archaeological extensions / Matt Grove -- Metrical variability between South Asian handaxe assemblages : preliminary observations / Parth R. Chauhan -- Quantifying variation in landscape-scale behaviors : the Oldowan from Koobi Fora / David R. Braun ... [et al.] -- The mathematics of chaînes opératoires / P. Jeffrey Brantingham -- Cultural transmission, genetic models, and lithic variability : integrative analytical approaches / Stephen J. Lycett -- Comparing stone tool resharpening trajectories with the aid of elliptical Fourier analysis / Radu Ioviță -- An assessment of the impact of resharpening on Paleoindian projectile point blade shape using geometric morphometric techniques / Briggs Buchanan and Mark Collard -- Stone-tool demography : reduction distributions in North American Paleoindian tools / Michael J. Shott -- The future of lithic analysis in Palaeolithic archaeology : a view from the Old World / John A.J. Gowlett -- The future of Palaeolithic studies : a view from the New World / Michael J. O'Brien.
General noteOutgrowth of a symposium at the 2008 [73rd annual] meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held in Vancouver. Cf. p. 1.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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