内容简介
ThisbookisafullyupdatedandrevisededitionofWilliamAndrefskyJr'sground-breakingmanualonlithicanalysis.Designedforstudentsandprofessionalarchaeologists,thishighlyillustratedbookexplainsthefundamentalprinciplesofthemeasurement,recordingandanalysisofstonetoolsandstonetoolproductiondebris.Introducingthereadertolithicrawmaterials,classification,terminologyandkeyconcepts,itcomprehensivelyexploresmethodsandtechniques,presentingdetailedcasestudiesoflithicanalysisfromaroundtheworld.Itexaminesnewemergingtechniques,suchastheadvancesbeingmadeinlithicdebitageanalysisandlithictoolanalysis,andincludesanewsectiononstonetoolfunctionalstudies.Anextensiveandexpandedglossarymakesthisbookaninvaluablereferenceforarchaeologistsatalllevels.