Designing experimental research in archaeology
Subtitle: examining technology through production and use
By: Jeffrey R. Ferguson, editor.
Contributors: Ferguson, Jeffrey R., 1976-
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781607320388; 9781607320227
Subjects: Archaeology -- Research; Archaeology -- Experiments; Archaeology -- Methodology; Material culture -- History; Technology -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Jeffrey R. Ferguson and Erik J. Marsh; title: Understanding ceramic manufacturing technology : the role of experimental archaeology / Karen G. Harry; title: Ceramic vessel use and use alteration : insights from experimental archaeology / Margaret E. Beck; title: Flake debris and flintknapping experimentation / Philip J. Carr and Andrew Bradbury; title: Conducting experimental research as a basis for microwear analysis / Douglas B. Bamforth; title: Experimental heat alteration of lithic raw materials / Robert J. Jeske, Daniel M. Winkler, and Dustin Blodgett; title: Understanding grinding technology through experimentation / Jenny L. Adams; title: Retrieving the perishable past : experimentation in fiber artifact studies / Edward A. Jolie and Maxine E. McBrinn; title: Weapon trials : the Atlatl and experiments in hunting technology / John Whittaker; title: Replicating bone tools and other fauno technologies / Leland C. Bement; title: Experimental zooarchaeology : research direction and methods / Patrick M. Lubinski and Brian S. Shaffer.