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Title Pushing the envelope : experimental directions in the archaeology of stone tools / Grant S. McCall, editor.

Publication Info. New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Focus on civilizations and cultures
Focus on civilizations and cultures.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Chapter 1: Experimental Insights into the Evaluation of Knapping Skill in Pliocene Hominids -- Chapter 2: Searching for Skill Identifiers Through Experimental Flintknapping and a North American Archaeological Assemblage -- Chapter 3: Searching for Mental Templates and Missing the Evidence: A Handaxe Essay in Honor of Jelinek and Binford -- Chapter 4: Problems Inherent in Studying the Origins of European Blade Technologies -- Chapter 5: Mind Over Matter: Examining Stylistic Variability in Lithic Manufacture -- Chapter 6: The Iceman Knappeth: Learning About Knapping Soft Stones from an Experiment Knapping Ice -- Chapter 7: The Trouble with Lithic Scatters: Adjusting the Focus of Predictive Modeling -- Chapter 8: A Comparison of Biface Reduction and Curation Indices -- Chapter 9: Initial Observations and Patterns of Expedient Flake Use in a Wilton Industry Assemblage from Northeastern Namibia -- Chapter 10: Building Theory from Stone Tool, or, For Those About to Study Rocks, We Salute You!
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Language English.
Subject Tools, Prehistoric.
Tools, Prehistoric.
Stone implements.
Stone implements.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author McCall, Grant S., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Pushing the envelope New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011. 9781617610073 (hardcover) (DLC) 2010028624
ISBN 9781617615160 ebook
1617615161
1617610070 hardcover
9781617610073 hardcover