Record details

• ISBN: 0874808502 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780874808506
• Physical Description: xvi, 189 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. The concept of the Chaine Operatoire in context -- 2. Methods of description and analysis -- 3. Raw material procurement : cores -- 4. Creation of blanks : Debitage -- 5. Selection and shaping of blanks : retouched tools -- 6. Selection of unshaped blanks : scaled pieces -- 7. Selection of blanks and shaping, use, and discard of tools -- 8. The people who flaked the stone at English Camp -- App. Flaked stone other than crystalline volcanic rock.

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