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Written in Stone: The Multiple Dimensions of Lithic Analysis demonstrates the vitality of contemporary lithics analysis by examining material from a variety of geographical locations. This edited collection is primarily concerned with the link between craft production and social complexity, the nature of trade, and the delineation of settlement patterns and manipulation of landscape. While deconstructing the present to reconstruct the past, each chapter incorporates a technological dimension shaped by the type of analysis utilized. Methods include microwear analysis, which adds significant understanding of stone tool function, to the identification of obsidian sources, which illustrates the potential of lithic provenance studies for reconstructing trade. This book verifies and expands on the notion that lithics play an integral role in our understanding of past societies at all levels of complexity, from Paleolithic hunter-gatherers to archaic states.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Archaeology Archaeological theory

• Full title: Written in Stone
• Subtitle: The Multiple Dimensions of Lithic Analysis
• Author: P. Nick Kardulias
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 165
• EAN: 9780739105368
• ISBN: 0739105361
• ID: 04901888
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Weight: 354 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. January 2003

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