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Tools of the Trade
Methods, Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology
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Edited by:
Jayne Wilkins
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With contributions by:
Amber E. MacKenzie
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English
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2009
About this book
Tools of the Trade: Methods, Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology presents a collection of academic papers from the 2005 Chacmool archaeological conference, which includes a wide range of contributions from international archaeologists, senior professors, and students alike. Each chapter focuses on the discussion and application of unique and innovative 'tools' for archaeological analysis and interpretation, including micro- and macro-botanical analysis, experimental study, off-site survey, lithic use-wear, ceramic petrography, DNA analysis, chaîne opératoire, space syntax, and Geographic Information Systems. As a collective volume, Tools of the Trade: Methods, Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology also covers an impressive diversity of geographic regions and time periods, such as Precolumbian Mesoamerica, Plio-Pleistocene Africa, prehistoric and historic North America, and ancient Polynesia. Finally, this volume provides a somewhat introspective look at the origins of tool use, technological development, and the means by which we have become the only species to ask the questions: What does it mean to be us and how can we find out? With contributions by: Kristen Anderson Tobin C. Bottman Ryan T. Brady Susan Cachel Leslie G. Cecil Ruth Conroy Dalton Eugene M.Gryba Leslie Main Johnson Ciler Kirsan Purple Kumai E.G. Langemann Amber E. MacKenzie Go Matsumoto Maria Victoria Monsalve Jose Roberto Pellini Meaghan M. Peuramaki-Brown Jason W. Roe Michael J. Shott Nicholas Waber Joshua J. Wells Jayne Wilkins Pamela R. Willoughby D.Y. Yang Tobin C. Bottman Ryan T. Brady Susan Cachel Leslie G. Cecil Ruth Conroy Dalton Eugene M. Gryba Leslie Main Johnson Ciler Kirsan Purple Kumai E. Gwyn Langemann Amber E. MacKenzie Go Matsumoto Maria Victoria Monsalve Jose Roberto Pellini Meaghan M. Peuramaki-Brown Jason Roe Michael J. Shott Nicholas Waber Joshua J. Wells Pamela R. Willoughby Dongya Y. Yang
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Wilkins Jayne :
Jayne Wilkins received her master's degree in Archaeology at the University of Calgary in 2008 and is currently completing her PhD at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include lithic analysis, hunter-gatherer archaeology, the African Stone Age, and modern human origins. She has participated in the excavation and analysis of archaeological sites in South Africa, Mozambique, and Alberta, Canada.Anderson Kirsten :
Kirsten Anderson is a PhD candidate in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Canadian Plains and the use of three-dimensional spatial analysis for the identification of hearth-related activities.
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Table of Contents
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Dedication
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Introduction
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Great Ape Tool Use and the Oldowan
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Natural History Intelligence and Hominid Tool Behaviour
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Tempo and Mode in the Palaeolithic: How to Understand the Origins of Culture
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A Game of Inches: An Experimental Approach to Understanding How Atlatl Length Affects Performanc
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Microscopic and Use-Wear Studies Plus Microblade Replication: Experiments with Raw and Heat-Treated Glass Buttes Obsidian
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Making and Understanding Embarras Bipoints: The Replication and Operational Sequencing of a Newly Defined Diagnostic Stone Tool from the Eastern Slopes of Alberta
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Systematic Properties of Stone Tool Reduction: Curation Analysis of Palaeoindian Bifaces and Unifaces
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The Chaîne Opératoire of Ceramic Manufacture and Ceramic Petrography: A Case Study from Rancho del Rio, Northwestern Honduras
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Archaeometric and Non-Archaeometric Techniques and Their Relevance to Understanding Human Behaviour
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Stable Isotope Analysis of Marine Shell to Determine Geographic Provenience: Implications for Prehistoric Trade Route Research
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Molecular Analysis of Ancient Cervid Remains from Two Archaeological Sites: Banff National Park and Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site, Alberta
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Tools for Interpreting Past Plant Use by Subarctic and Northern Northwest Coast Peoples
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Variable Wetland Use at the Mono Lake Basin, Eastern California: Perspectives from a Non-Site Approach
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Fill in the Gap between Theory and Practice: Making a GIS-based Digital Map of Pachacamac
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Economy in Ancient Egypt: The Use of GIS for Understanding Different Spheres of Exchange
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A Space Syntax Analysis of Dohack and Range Phase Villages in the American Bottom
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The Spatial Morphology of Deficient Samples: Applying ‘Spatial String-Matching’ Methods to an Incomplete Data of Vernacular Houses
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Contributors
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Index
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344
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64 b&w illustrations, 13 tables, index, maps
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