• 1. The archaeology of 'two cultures'--
• 2. Science as culture: creating interpretative networks--
• 3. Archaeology observed--
• 4. Materials, science and material culture: practice and narrative--
• 5. Material culture and materials science: a biography of things--
• 6. A biography of ceramics in Neolithic Orkney--
• 7. Making people and things in the Neolithic: pots, food and history--
• 8. Before and after science.
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Is archaeology an art or a science? This question has been hotly debated over the last few decades with the rise of archaeological science. At the same time, archaeologists have seen a change in the intellectual character of their discipline, as many writers have adopted approaches influenced by social theory. The discipline now encompasses both archaeological scientists and archaeological theorists, and discussion regarding the status of archaeology remains polarised. In this 2001 book, Andrew Jones argues that we need to analyse the practice of archaeology. Through an analysis of archaeological practice, influenced by recent developments in the field of science studies, and with the aid of extensive case studies, he develops a new framework which allows the interpretative and methodological components of the discipline to work in tandem. His reassessment of the status and character of archaeology will be of interest to students, scholars and professionals.
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• Preface to the third edition--
• 1. The problem--
• 2. Processual and systems approaches--
• 3. Structuralist, post-structuralist and semiotic archaeologies--
• 4. Marxism and ideology--
• 5. Agency and practice--
• 6. Embodied archaeology--
• 7. Archaeology and history--
• 8. Contextual archaeology--
• 9. Post-processual archaeology--
• 10. Conclusion: archaeology as archaeology-- Bibliography-- Index.
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The third edition of this classic introduction to archaeological theory and method has been fully updated to address the burgeoning of theoretical debate throughout the discipline. Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson argue that archaeologists must bring to bear a variety of perspectives in the complex and uncertain task of constructing meaning from the past. While remaining centred on the importance of hermeneutics, agency and history, the authors explore cutting-edge developments in areas such as post-structuralism, neo-evolutionary theory and whole new branches of theory such as phenomenology. With the addition of two completely new chapters, the third edition of Reading the Past presents an authoritative, state-of-the-art analysis of contemporary archaeological theory. Also including new material on feminist archaeology, historical approaches such as cultural history, and theories of discourse and signs, this book represents essential reading for any student or scholar with an interest in the past.
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• Chapters
• 1. Laboratory Set-Up Mechanisms
• 2. Baseline
• 3. Archaeological Wood
• 4. Leather Preservation Artifacts
• 5. Composite
• 6. Cordage and Textiles
• 7. Glass Conservation
• 8. Ivory and Bone Expanding the
• 9. Conservation Tool Kit.
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Over the years, archaeologists have developed a number of techniques for conserving historical artifacts for future generations. Up to now, however, these methods have provided artifacts only a limited lifespan and in some cases they do not work well with water-logged materials. Within the past few years, archaeological chemistry and concerns of longevity testing have become central issues in the development of conservation treatment strategies. This problem became particularly acute when members of the Texas A&M Nautical Archaeology Program were called on to conserve artifacts on ""LaBelle"", the sunken ship of La Salle excavated in the 1990s off the coast of Texas by the Texas Historical Commission. Working with Dow Corning Corporation, Texas A&M's Archaeological Preservation Research Lab, and the Conservation Research Lab, C. Wayne Smith and his colleagues set out to develop a series of techniques that would yield successful and affordable treatment strategies for organic artifacts without sacrificing important information. In this work, C. Wayne Smith prescribes an effective layout for day-to-day conservation of small organic artifacts and then examines some of the techniques used to process various organic materials from marine and land sites.
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• Introduction-- Part I. ANALYTICAL METHODS: Introduction-- Methods of Visualisation-- Vibrational spectroscopy-- X-Ray methods-- Nuclear techniques-- Methods of separation-- Mass spectrometry-- Electrochemical techniques-- Part II. MATERIALS: Ceramics and enamels-- Glass-- Stone-- Gemstones/minerals-- Obsidian-- Pigments and dyes-- Icons and paintings-- Metals / corrosion-- Biomaterials-- Resins, bitumens, tar, coal-- Ivory and bones-- Wood-- Textiles-- Contemporary materials-- PART III: QUESTIONS: Identification-- Authentication-- Technology of production-- Provenancing-- Dating-- Degradation and conservation-- Dietary reconstruction-- Summary-- Index Analytical Archaeometry describes this interesting and challenging field of research - on the border between natural sciences (chemistry, spectroscopy, biology, geology) and humanities (archaeology, (art-)history, conservation sciences).
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• Introduction-- Part I. ANALYTICAL METHODS: Introduction-- Methods of Visualisation-- Vibrational spectroscopy-- X-Ray methods-- Nuclear techniques-- Methods of separation-- Mass spectrometry-- Electrochemical techniques-- Part II. MATERIALS: Ceramics and enamels-- Glass-- Stone-- Gemstones/minerals-- Obsidian-- Pigments and dyes-- Icons and paintings-- Metals / corrosion-- Biomaterials-- Resins, bitumens, tar, coal-- Ivory and bones-- Wood-- Textiles-- Contemporary materials-- PART III: QUESTIONS: Identification-- Authentication-- Technology of production-- Provenancing-- Dating-- Degradation and conservation-- Dietary reconstruction-- Summary-- Index.
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The book describes this interesting and challenging field of research - on the border between natural sciences (chemistry, spectroscopy, biology, geology) and humanities (archaeology, (art-)history, conservation sciences). It fills the gap between these two areas whilst focussing on the analytical aspects of this research field. The first part of the book studies the main analytical techniques used in this research field. The second part expands from the different types of materials usually encountered, and the final part is organised around a series of typical research questions. The book is not only focussed on archaeological materials, but is also accessible to a broader lay audience. It is aimed at academics as well as professionals in archaeology, art history, museum labs and conservation science.
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Analytical Archaeometry describes this interesting and challenging field of research - on the border between natural sciences (chemistry, spectroscopy, biology, geology) and humanities (archaeology, (art-)history, conservation sciences). It fills the gap between these two areas whilst focussing on the analytical aspects of this research field. The first part of the book studies the main analytical techniques used in this research field. The second part expands from the different types of materials usually encountered, and the final part is organised around a series of typical research questions. The book is not only focussed on archaeological materials, but is also accessible to a broader lay audience. Overall the book is clearly structured and gives insight into different approaches to the study of analytical providing extensive discussion on a wide range of techniques, materials, questions and applications. Due to the advances in analytical instrumentation and applications in this field, it is important to have all this information merged together. Academics as well as professionals in archaeology, art history, museum labs and conservation science will find this an invaluable reference source ensuring the reader is provided with the latest progress in this research field.
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• Analytical Raman Spectroscopy of Inks-- Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Romano-British Wall Paintings: A Comparison Between Geographically Different Sites at the Northern Fringe of the Roman Empire-- Evidence of Pentimenti for the Authentication of Paintings: A Challenge for Analytical Science at the Interface with Art History-- Dancing on Eggshells: A Holistic Analytical Study of a Ballet Dancer on Regency Porcelain-- Pigments and Colourants-- Micro Raman Spectroscopy of Epipalaeolithic Decorated Pebbles from Arroyo Moreras
• 2 (Parque Darwin, Madrid)-- Raman Microscopy as a Primary Technique for Identifying Micro-residues Related to Tool-use on Prehistoric Stone Artefacts-- Biological Materials of Significance to Cultural Heritage-- Discrimination of Contraband Ivories Using Long Wavelength Portable Raman Instrumentation-- Micro-Raman and Provenance Studies: The Case of Levantine Ceramics-- Raman Spectroscopy for the Identification of Materials in Contemporary Painting-- Application of Micro-spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy to Street Art Paintings-- Raman Spectroscopy as a Cultural Heritage Forensic Tool-- Outdoor Bronze and Its Protection-- Analysis of the Degradation of Medieval Mural Paintings in the Open Air Abandoned Church of Ribera, North of Spain-- Miniaturized Raman Spectrometers Applied to Gemstone Analyses on Works of Art-- New Case Studies: Diamonds, Jades, Corundum and Spinel-- The Cultural Meanings of Color: Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Red, Pink, and Purple Dyes in Late Edo and Early Meiji Period Prints-- Raman Spectroscopy Applied to the Analysis of Typomorphic Minerals in Various Provenance Investigations of Cultural Heritage Objects-- Pitfalls in Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Art and Archaeology: A Practical Survival Guide for Non-specialists-- Subject Index.
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Ten years after the first volume, this book highlights the important contribution Raman spectroscopy makes as a non-destructive method for characterising the chemical composition of objects with archaeological and historical importance. The original book was ground-breaking in its concept, but the past ten years have seen some advancement into new areas, consolidation of some of the older ones and novel applications involving portable instrumentation, on site in museums and in the field. This new volume maintains the topic at the cutting edge, the Editors have approached prominent contributors to provide case-studies sorted into themes. Starting with a Foreword from the British Museum Director of Scientific Research and an Introduction from the Editors, which offer general background information and theoretical context, the contributions then provide global perspectives on this powerful analytical tool. Aimed at scientists involved in conservation, conservators and curators who want to better understand their collections at a material level and researchers of cultural heritage.
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• TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; FLAKES, CORES, FLEXIBILITY AND OBSESSION; TRUNCATED-FACETED PIECES FROM JERF AL-AJLA; THE MANY FACES OF CORES-ON-FLAKES; TRUNCATED-FACETED PIECES; CARINATED TOOLS, CORES, AND MOBILITY; PIECES ESQUILLEES FROM LE FLAGEOLET I (DORDOGNE, FRANCE); THE PRODUCTION OF LITHIC BARBS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CORE VS TOOL DICHOTOMY; TOOLS OR CORES? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER; CORE-TOOL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PORTUGUESE TARDIGLACIAL AND EARLY HOLOCENE; CORES, TOOLS AND NUCLEAR BODIES; LOOKING THE OTHER WAY; INVESTIGATING THE BEHAVIORAL CAUSES AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LITHIC RECYCLING.

• COBBLE TOOL OR COBBLE CORECORES, TOOLS, AND THE PRIORITIES OF LITHIC ANALYSIS; CONTRIBUTORS.

The papers in this volume address an incredibly basic question in stone tool studies, namely whether a particular lithic artifact should be classified as a tool, thus implying that at some time in the past it was used directly to perform activities, or whether it should instead be classified as a core, meaning that its purpose was to produce flakes some of which were then made into tools. This question is so basic that it would seem archaeologists should have solved it by now, and in most instances this is the case. This volume, however, looks at some of the remaining problem cases in part to find out if they can be solved, but mainly because the really difficult cases raise the more challenging and interesting methodological issues, which can in turn lead us to question and overhaul long-held assumptions and long-used approaches to the study of stone tools. This is, in fact, what happens in this volume with papers that discuss assemblages from Lower/Middle Paleolithic sites in Europe and southwest Asia to more recent Holocene sites in the New World and Australia. In some instances the very idea of classifying these artifacts as one or the other is entirely discarded; in other instances, it is assumed they fit in both categories, and the behavioral implications are assessed. The end result in each case is a richer understanding of the past less encumbered by categories archaeologists bring to the study.
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• TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; JOHN (BACON SAWREY) MORRITT, 1772-1843- BIOGRAPHY; JOHN MORRITT
• TRAVELS
• 1794-1796; JOHN MORRITT AND HIS LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT; THE QUEST (THE SEARCH FOR TROY); SOURCES.

For many years I had wanted to write something about Troy and the Classical Age; ever since my earlier archaological 'digs' and flint knapping and an early essay on Troy, quite unplanned, that had my strict Headmaster quite aghast (and even myself). I expect it was something hidden within my psyche which knows a former life, I hesitate to go t here. Notwithstanding that, this book describes not just the story of 'Troy' but theories of whether it did exist, with recent archaeological 'finds'. The work done at Troy by Schliemann is portrayed, also the work of Dorpfeld, Blegen and more recently the modern methods of the recently deceased Professor Manfred Korfmann and the theories of Joachim Latacz are explored, with emphasis on the University of Tuebingen TROIA Project, which is consistently attracting international attention. Not only is Troy portrayed, but the travels of John Morritt to locate the site of Troy. The interesting way Morritt circumnavigated the Napoleonic armies makes one wonder if he was on a clandestine mission to record topography, as he later makes un-historical observations of military movements in an area the French navy were to invade to reach Egypt, etc. If the reader receives any benefit from this book, I will consider that I have done my part. If not, I recomend it wholeheartedly as a sure-fire cure for insomnia. Robert D. Morritt.
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• Machine generated contents note: ch. One Specialized Occupation Despite Appearances. Function of the Buhot Late Glacial Site (Calleville, North-western France)
• ch. Two Use-Wear Characterization through Confocal Laser Microscopy: The Case of Wild vs Domestic Cereal Harvesting Polish / Jérémie Jacquier
• ch. Three Glossy Tools: Innovations in the Method of Interpretation of Use-Wear Produced by Plant Processing / J.J. Ibáñez / J. Gibaja / J.E. González-Urquijo
• ch. Four Turning the Wheel on Lithic Functionality / Davide d'Errico
• ch. Five Experimental Program for the Detection of Use Wear on Quartzite / Telmo Pereira / Rui Martins / Joao Marreiros
• ch. Six Micro-residues on Stone Tools: Morphological Analysis, Interpretation and Challenges / Andreu Ollé / Antoni Canals / Victoria Aranda
• ch. Seven Management of Heated Bladelets in the Southern Chassey Culture: Use-Wear Analysis and Efficiency Test / H.J. Geeske Langejans / Marlize Lombard
• ch. Eight Ornaments and Use-Wear Analysis, Methods of Study Applied to the Adaima Necropolises / Loic Torchy
• ch. Nine "Cereal polish": Diagnosis, Challenge or Confusion / Mathilde Minotti
• ch. Ten Ten Years of Use-Wear Analysis of Early Neolithic Macrolithic Tools from North-Western Europe: Limits and Contribution / Maria Gurova
• ch. Eleven Effects of Cleaning on Surface Roughness: Evaluating Sample Preparation Using Use-Wear Quantification / Caroline Hamon
• ch. Twelve Use-Wear Analysis on Quartz and Quartzite Tools Methodology and Application: Coudoulous I (Midi-Pyrénées, France) / Danielle MacDonald / Adrian Evans
• ch. Thirteen New Functional Data concerning Middle Palaeolithic Bifaces from Southwestern and Northern France / Flavia Venitti
• ch. Fourteen Use of Middle Palaeolithic Tools in San Quirce (Alar del Rey, Palencia, Spain) / Emilie Claud
• ch. Fifteen Flint Workshop or Habitat? Technological and Functional Approaches towards the Interpretation of Site Function in Bergerac Region Early Aurignacian / Marcos Terradillos Bernal / Ignacio Clemente-Conte / J. Carlos Diez Fernández-Lomana
• ch. Sixteen Camp of Upper Palaeolithic Hunters in Targowisko, (S Poland) / Joseba Rios-Garaizar / Iluminada Ortega Cordellat
• ch. Seventeen Contribution of Traceology and Lithic Technology in the Study of the Socio-economic Capsian of SHM-1 (Hergla, Tunisia) / Bemadeta Kufel-Diakowska / Jaroslaw Wilczynski
• ch. Eighteen Typology versus Function: Technological and Microwear Study of Points from a Federmesser Site at Lubrza (Western Poland) / Rym Khedhaier El Asmi / Lotfi Belhouchet / Simone Mulazzani
• ch. Nineteen Use-Wear Analysis of a Set of Geometric Projectils from the Mesolithic Context of Cocina Cave (Eastern Spain) / Jacek Kabacinski / Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka / Malgorzata Winiarska-Kabacinska
• ch. Twenty Late Mesolithic Notched Blades from Western Europe and North Africa: Technological and Functional Variability / Oreto Garcia Puchol / Niccoln Mazzucco / Juan F. Gibaja Bao / Joaquim Juan Cabanilles
• ch. Twenty One Experimentation and Functional Analysis of the Backed Point Tools from the Castello's Shelter at Termini Imerese (PA, Italy) Preserved from the Museo delle Origini (Rome) / Toomai Boucherat / Pierre Allard / Juan Francisco Gibaja / Bernard Gassin / Émilie Claud / Loic Torchy / Amelia Rodriguez / Ignacio Clemente / Colas Gueret / Jérémie Jacquier / Rym Khedhaier / Grégor Marchand / Niccolò Mazzucco / Antoni Palomo / Unai Perales / Thomas Perrin / Sylvie Philibert
• ch. Twenty Two Functional Analysis of a Magdalenian Site from the Spanish Northern Meseta: A Case Study of Endscrapers from La Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón, Segovia) / Stefano Drudi
• ch. Twenty Three Proto-Aurignacian "Knives" of the Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy) / Ignacio Martin Lerma / Carmen Cacho Quesada
• ch. Twenty Four Microwear Analysis of Handaxes from Santa Ana Cave (Caceres, Extremadura, Spain) / Stefano Grimaldi
• ch. Twenty Five Stone Tool Hafting in the Middle Palaeolithic as Viewed through the Microscope / Andreu Ollé / Josep Maria Vergès / Luna Peña / Victoria Aranda / Antoni Canal / Eudald Carbonell
• ch. Twenty Six Lithic Technology and Tool Use in the North American Archaic: Bridging Technologies, Plants, and Animals / Veerle Rots
• ch. Twenty Seven Lithic Use-Wear Analysis from the Early Gravettian of Vale Boi (Southwestern Iberia) / April K. Sievert / Melody K. Pope
• ch. Twenty Eight Integrated Functional Studies of Badegoulian Lithic Industry: Preliminary Results of Le Pehau (Coimères, France) / Joao Marreiros / Juan Gibaja / Nuno Bicho
• ch. Twenty Nine Human Occupation of the High-Mountain Environments: The Contribution of Microwear Analysis to the Study of the Cova del Sardo Site (Spanish Pyrenees) / Amaranta Pasquini / Gilles Monin / Paul Fernandes
• ch. Thirty Wood Technology of Patagonian Hunter-Gatherers: A Use-Wear Analysis Study from the Site of Cerro Casa de Piedra 7 (Patagonia, Argentina) / Niccolò Mazzucco / Ignacio Clemente / Ermengol Gassiot
• ch. Thirty One Unmodified Quartz Flake Fragments as Cognitive Tool Categories: Testing the Wear Preservation, Previous Low Magnification Use-Wear Results and Criteria for Tool Blank Selection in Two Late Mesolithic Quartz Assemblages from Finland / Laura Caruso Fermé / Ignacio Clemente / Sylvie Beyries / Maria Teresa Civalero
• ch. Thirty Two Consideration of Burin-Blow Function: Use-Wear Analysis of Kamiyama-Type Burin from the Sugikubo Blade Assemblage in North-Central Japan / Noora Taipale / Kjel Knutsson / Helena Knutsson
• ch. Thirty Three Two Faces of Resharpening: Management and Use of Resharpening Flakes in the Middle Paleolithic at Cueva Morin / Akira Iwase
• ch. Thirty Four Looking for the Use and Function of Prismatic Tools in the Mesolithic of the Paris Basin (France): First Results and Interpretations / Talia Lazuén
• ch. Thirty Five Semi-product, Waste, Tool ... Are We Sure? Functional Aspect of Stone Age Morphological Flint Tools / Caroline Hamon / Sylvain Griselin
• ch. Thirty Six History of One Arrowhead from a Peat Bog Site in Central Russia (Technological and Use-Wear Studies) / Grzegorz Osipowicz
• ch. Thirty Seven Functionality of Palmela Points as Throwing Weapons and Projectiles: Use-Wear Marks / Natalia Skakun / Mikhail Zhilin / Vera Terekhina
• ch. Thirty Eight Arrowheads without Traces: Not Used, Perfect Hit or Excessive Hafting Material? / Carmen Gutiérrez Sáez / Ignacio Martin Lerma / Alba López del Estal / Charles Bashore Acero
• ch. Thirty Nine Projectile Experimentation for Identifying Hunting Methods with Replicas of Upper Palaeolithic Weaponry from Japan / Yvonne Lammers-Keijsers / Annemieke Verbaas / Annelou van Gijn / Diederik Pomstra
• ch. Forty Possibilities of Identifying Transportation and Use-Wear Traces of Mesolithic Microliths from the Polish Plain / Katsuhiro Sano / Masayoshi Oba
• ch. Forty One Use and Maintenance of Leaf-Shaped Points in the Late Upper Paleolithic in the Japanese Islands / Katarzyna Pyzewicz / Witold Gruzdz
• ch. Forty Two Projectiles from the Last Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherers in the Eastern Cantabrian Region: Azilian Backed Points at the Site of Santa Catalina / Takuya Yamaoka
• ch. Forty Three Two Experimental Programs to Study the Bone Tools from the Middle Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherers / Jesús González-Urquijo / Juan José Ibáñez / Eduardo Berganza
• ch. Forty Four All the Same, All Different! Mesolithic and Neolithic "45° Bevelled Bone Tools" from Zamostje 2 (Moscow, Russia) / Millán Mozota
• ch.

• Forty Five Recovering the Oldest Bone Tool Assemblage from Low Parana Wetland / Yolaine Maigrot / Ignacio Clemente Conte / Evgeny Gyria / Olga Lozovskaya / Vladimir Lozovski
• ch. Forty Six Traces on Mesolithic Bone Spatulas: Signs of a Hidden Craft or Post-Excavation Damage? / Natacha Buc
• ch. Forty Seven >Bone Tools Use-Wear in an Early Formative Pastoralist Site of Northern Chile: Weaving and Piercing at the Dawn of Herds / Sara Graziano
• ch. Forty Eight Atypical Use of Bone Objects of Known Forms from Some East European Upper Paleolithic Sites / Boris Santander
• ch. Forty Nine Investigating Neolithic Activities: The Contribution of Functional Analysis to the Reconstruction of Settlements' Economy in Central-Southern Italy / Natalia B. Akhmetgaleeva
• ch. Fifty Use of Flint Artifacts from Early Neolithic Levels at Atxoste (Basque Country): An Interpretation of Site Function through Use-Wear Analyses / Cristiana Petrinelli Pannocchia
• ch. Fifty One Use-Wear Analysis of Chipped Stone Assemblages from Neolithic Burial Caves in Portuguese Estremadura: The Case of Born Santo (Lisbon) / Unai Perales Barrón / Juan José Ibáñez Estévez / Alfonso Alday Ruiz
• ch. Fifty Two Comparative Analysis of Shell Tools from Two Neolithic Sites in NE Iberia: La Draga and Serra del Mas Bonet (Girona) / Juan Francisco Gibaja / António Faustino Carvalho
• ch. Fifty Three Investigating Pottery Technological Patterns through Macrowear Analysis: The Chalcolithic Village of Maccarese-Fiumicino (Italy) / I. Clemente-Conte / D. Cuenca-Solana / M. Oiva-Poveda / R. Rosillo-Turrà / A. Palomo-Pérez
• ch. Fifty Four Experimental Approach to Use-Wear Damage on Limestone Tools Comparing with Flint Tools / Vanessa Forte
• ch. Fifty Five Use-Wear Analysis of Early Neolithic Lithic Industry of Peiro Signado: A Pioneer Implantation in South of France / Laura Hortelano Piqueras / Paula Jardón Giner
• ch. Fifty Six Neolithic Sickle Haft from Costamar (Castellón, Spain) / Sylvie Philibert / François Briois / Claire Manen.

• Note continued: ch. Fifty Seven Perforation of Pottery using Seashells: An Experimental Approach / Juan F. Gibaja / Juan José Ibáñez / Enric Flors / Oreto Garcia
• ch. Fifty Eight Beyond Chaves: Functional Analysis of Neolithic Blades from the Ebro Valley / Renaud Gosselin
• ch. Fifty Nine Lithic Functional Studies in Ireland: A Case Study from Early Neolithic Rectangular Timber Houses / Rafael Domingo Martinez
• ch. Sixty Materiality of Funnelbeaker Burial Practices: Evidence from the Microscope / Sol. Mallia-Guest
• ch. Sixty One Funerary Adornments: Objects Belonging to the Living or to the Dead? A Few Examples from the Romanian Eneolithic / Annelou Van Gijn
• ch. Sixty Two Associating Residues and Wear Traces as Indicators of Hafting Methods: A View from the Chipped Stone Industries from the Island of Gavdos, Crete / Monica Margarit
• ch. Sixty Three Raw Material Selection for Pounding and Grain Processing in the Single Grave Culture of the Netherlands: The Site of Mienakker / Eleni Chriazomenou / Christina Papoulia / Katerina Kopaka
• ch. Sixty Four What are Prehistoric Tools with Very Rounded Edges Doing in Iron Age Storage Pits? / Virginia Garcia-Diaz
• ch. Sixty Five Flint Blade Use-Wear in Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic Collective Burials: Data from Pastora Cave (Eastern Spain) / Renaud Gosselin
• ch. Sixty Six Technology and Function of the Chalcolithic Dagger from Cabezos Viejos (Archena, Murcia, Spain) / Oreto Garcia Puchol / Juan Francisco Gibaja Bao / Joaquim Juan Cabanilles / Sarah B. McClure
• ch. Sixty Seven First Results on Use-Wear Analysis over Several Early Neolithic Contexts from Northwest Africa / C. Gutiérrez Sáez / I. Martin Lerma / J.A. Marin de Espinosa / J. Lomba Maurandi.

The significance of use-wear studies in archaeological research plays an important role as a proxy to prehistoric techno-cultural reconstruction. The present volume, divided into five thematic sections, includes chapters discussing various different research methods, techniques, chronologies and regions. As such, this volume will be of interest to both archaeologists and anthropologists.
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Understanding the relation of semiology to Western iconography is essential, as it is the element that, often unconsciously, influences perception in Western society. Scholars, such as Klaus Duwel with his outstanding knowledge of runic script, sometimes reach their limits if inscriptions are complemented with abstract images that may be accidental scratches or, on the other hand, a sign or signs indicating symbolic meaning. The detailed definition of the Medieval World by Margaret Clunies Ross (University of Sydney) created the background for this book in which artefacts from Old Norse culture are considered in order to understand their often complex context, providing an insight into the development of visual communication in Western society. Artefacts from Medieval Scandinavia show techniques and principles from visual perception consciously or unconsciously adopted by artists and craftsmen more than a thousand years earlier than was initially recognised by scientists. Today, such elements are recognised by some artists and designers. However, in the relevant literature, discussion of this important aspect of visual art with respect to Medieval Scandinavia has been lacking - until now!.
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• Artifacts and the lifestyles of the people who made them
• Survey and excavation methods and their importance
• Analysis of materials recovered from archaeological sites
• Dating artifacts and archaeological sites
• Degradation, preservation, and curation
• The cultural and environmental heritage entombed in Florida's waterlogged sites
• Cultural resource laws and regulations
• Applying archaeological methods in cultural resource management.

With more than 50 years of field experience between the two authors, this highly regarded volume reveals how responsible archaeologists locate, excavate, and analyze sites, middens, and remains. This second edition contains new, emended, and greatly expanded chapters about recently discovered sites and the development of sophisticated technologies to record and analyze their contents more rapidly and efficiently. The volume also showcases new dating techniques and methods in excavation, preservation, and curation.
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