Author: Anthony T. BoldurianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Lithic Technology at the Mitchell Locality of Blackwater Draw
Author: Anthony T. BoldurianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Toward a Behavioral Ecology of Lithic Technology
Author: Todd A. SurovellPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816599521
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Modern humans and their hominid ancestors relied on chipped-stone technology for well over two million years and colonized more than 99 percent of the Earth's habitable landmass in doing so. Yet there currently exist only a handful of informal models derived from ethnographic observation, experiments, engineering, and "common sense" to explain variability in archaeological lithic assemblages. Because the fundamental processes of making, using, and discarding stone tools are, at root, exercises in problem solving, Todd Surovell asks what conditions favor certain technological solutions. Whether asking if a biface should be made thick or thin or if a flake should be saved or discarded, Surovell seeks answers that extend beyond a case-by-case analysis. One avenue for addressing these questions theoretically is formal mathematical modeling. Here Surovell constructs a series of models designed to link environmental variability to human decision making as it pertains to lithic technology. To test the models, Surovell uses data from the analysis of more than 40,000 artifacts from five Rocky Mountain and Northern Plains Folsom and Goshen complex archaeological sites dating to the Younger Dryas stadial (ca. 12,600-11,500 years BP). The primary result is the production of powerful new analytical tools useful to the interpretation of archaeological assemblages. Surovell's goal is to promote modeling and explore the general issues governing technological decisions. In this light, his models can be applied to any context in which stone tools are made and used.
Clovis Revisited
Author: Anthony T. BoldurianPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1934536725
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Explore the early days of Paleoindian archaeology in this engaging retrospective of Edgar B. Howard's Southwest Early Man Project, 1929-1937, cosponsored by the University Museum and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This book contains a detailed analysis of the world-famous Clovis artifacts, discovered among the bones of mammoths and extinct bison in the Dust Bowl of eastern New Mexico. Blending traditional and current ideas, the authors offer an extended reference to the lifeways of early humans in the Americas, accented by a series of unique insights on their origins and adaptations. Well appointed with photos, line illustrations, and schematics, Clovis Revisited is essential reading for professionals, students, and avocational enthusiasts.
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of Late Quaternary Valley Fills on the Southern High Plains
Author: Steven BozarthPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813711867
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Folsom
Author: David J. MeltzerPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520246446
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In the late 1920s an exciting discovery was made at the New Mexico site of Folsom - spear points, found embedded between the ribs of an Iron Age bison - that was to resolve decades of bitter conflict amongst archaeologists.
Light from Ancient Campfires
Author: Trevor Richard PeckPublisher: Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 1897425961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
"the first book in twenty years to gather together a comprehensive prehistoric record --
Hunter-Gatherer Behavior
Author: Metin I ErenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315427125
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This volume addresses key questions regarding the extent of the Younger Dryas climate event at the end of the Pleistocene and how hunter-gatherer populations worldwide adapted behaviorally and technologically in the face of major climatic change.
Barger Gulch
Author: Todd A. SurovellPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816545553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This monograph summarizes findings from nine seasons of excavation at Barger Gulch Locality B, a Folsom campsite in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Archaeologist Todd A. Surovell explains the spatial organization of the camp and the social organization of the people who lived there.
Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin
Author: Noel D. JusticePublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253108838
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Noel Justice adds another regional guide to his series of important reference works that survey, describe, and categorize the projectile point and cutting tools used in prehistory by Native American peoples. This volume addresses the region of California and the Great Basin. Written for archaeologists and amateur collectors alike, the book describes over 50 types of stone arrowhead and spear points according to period, culture, and region. With the knowledge of someone trained to fashion projectile points with techniques used by the Indians, Justice describes how the points were made, used, and re-sharpened. His detailed drawings illustrate the way the Indians shaped their tools, what styles were peculiar to which regions, and how the various types can best be identified. There are hundreds of drawings, organized by type cluster and other identifying characteristics. The book also includes distribution maps and color plates that will further aid the researcher or collector in identifying specific periods, cultures, and projectile types.
Paleoindian Geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains
Author: Vance T. HollidayPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292784538
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Southern High Plains of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico are rich in Paleoindian archaeological sites, including such well-known ones as Clovis, Lubbock Lake, Plainview, and Midland. These sites have been extensively researched over decades, not only by archaeologists but also by geoscientists, whose studies of soils and stratigraphy have yielded important information about cultural chronology and paleoenvironments across the region. In this book, Vance T. Holliday synthesizes the data from these earlier studies with his own recent research to offer the most current and comprehensive overview of the geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains during the earliest human occupation. He delves into twenty sites in depth, integrating new and old data on site geomorphology, stratigraphy, soils, geochronology, and paleoenvironments. He also compares the Southern High Plains sites with other sites across the Great Plains, for a broader chronological and paleoenvironmental perspective. With over ninety photographs, maps, cross sections, diagrams, and artifact drawings, this book will be essential reading for geoarchaeologists, archaeologists, and Quaternary geoscientists, as well as avocational archaeologists who take part in Paleoindian site study throughout the American West.