Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis

Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology

by William Andrefsky Jr.

This fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis is designed for students and professional archaeologists. It 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, the volume comprehensively explores methods and techniques, presenting detailed case studies of lithic analysis from around the world. It also examines new emerging techniques and includes a new section on stone tool functional studies.

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

326 pages, Hardcover

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.