Edited by Robin Torrence (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. viii, 124 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Contents: List of contributors; Preface; 1. Tools as optimal solutions Robin Torrence; 2. From shopper to celt: the evolution of resharpening techniques Brian Hayden; 3. The occupational history of sites and the interpretation of prehistoric technological systems: an example from Cedar Mesa, Utah Eileen Camilli; 4. Trade or embedded procurement?: a test case from southern Illinois Carol A. Morrow and Richard W. Jefferies; 5. Economies in raw material use by prehistoric hunter-gatherers Robert Jeske; 6. Lithic technology and mobility strategies: the Koster site Middle Archaic Rochelle Lurie; 7. Re-tooling: towards a behavioural theory of stone tools Robin Torrence; 8. A cost-benefit study of the functionally similar tools Roger A. Boydston; 9. Reliable and maintainable technological strategies in the Mesolithic of mainland Britain Andrew Myers; 10. Assessing social information in material objects: how well do lithics measure up? Joan M. Gero; 11. Optimisation and stone tool studies: problems and potential Michael A. Jochim; References; Index.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 352 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 432 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.