Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis

Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology

by William Andrefsky Jr.

This book is a fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis. Designed for students and professional archaeologists, this highly illustrated book explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. Introducing the reader to lithic raw materials, classification, terminology and key concepts, it comprehensively explores methods and techniques, presenting detailed case studies of lithic analysis from around the world. It examines new emerging techniques, such as the advances being made in lithic debitage analysis and lithic tool analysis, and includes a new section on stone tool functional studies. An extensive and expanded glossary makes this book an invaluable reference for archaeologists at all levels.

Genres: Archaeology, Nonfiction, Anthropology, Textbooks, Academic, Science

327 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

William Andrefsky Jr. is Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. He is author of Lithics (first edition, 1998), Lithic Debitage (2001) and numerous articles on archaeology and anthropology.

Reviews

[Melissa]

Tools, who doesn't love tools.

[Xarah]

Required text for Anthropology 555: Lithic Analysis at Northern Arizona University.

[Brian]

A useful manual providing practical metric and classificatory frameworks, and discussion of their relevance to assemblage and site interpretation.