Tools of the Trade

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Publication Year:
2009

ISBN-13: 9781552384848

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