Lithic Debitage : Context, Form, Meaning

Figures vii Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEBITAGE ANALYSIS 1. Emerging Directions in Debitage Analysis 2(13) WILLIAM ANDREFSKY JR. 2. Some Reflections on Debitage Analysis 15(6) JAY K. JOHNSON 3. Debitage Analysis as a Scientific Tool for Archaeological Knowledge 21(11) MARTIN P.R. MAGNE II. EXPLORING DEBITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS 4. Where the Waste Went: A Knappers' Dump at Grasshopper Pueblo 32(29) JOHN C. WHITTAKER AND ERIC J. KALDAHL 5. Alaskan Blade Cores as Specialized Components of Mobile Toolkits: Assessing Design Parameters and Toolkit Organization through Debitage Analysis 61(19) JEFFREY RASIC AND WILLIAM ANDREFSKY JR. 6. A Generalized Technology for a Specialized Economy: Archaic Period Chipped Stone at Kilometer 4, Peru 80(26) APRIL K. SIEVERT AND KAREN WISE 7. What Put the Small in the Arctic Small Tool Tradition: Raw Material Constraints on Lithic Technology at the Mosquito Lake Site, Alaska 106(20) KRISTEN E. WENZEL AND PHILLIP H. SHELLEY III. DETAILING SOURCES OF DEBITAGE VARIABILITY 8. Flake Debris Analysis, Levels of Production, and the Organization of Technology 126(21) PHILIP J. CARR AND ANDREW P. BRADBURY 9. Reliability and Validity of a "Distinctive Assemblage" Typology: Integrating Flake Size and Completeness 147(26) WILLIAM C. PRENTISS 10. Chipped Stone Tool Production Strategies and Lithic Debris Patterns 173(19) ALBERT M. PECORA IV. ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES TO DEBITAGE VARIABILITY 11. Holmes's Principle and Beyond: The Case for Renewing Americanist Debitage Analysis 192(15) ALAN P. SULLIVAN III 12. The Effect of Processing Requirements on Reduction Strategies and Tool Form: A New Perspective 207(18) STEVE A. TOMKA References Cited 225(30) Contributors 255(2) Index 257