Ground stone analysis
Subtitle: a technological approach
By: Jenny L. Adams
Contributors: Archaeology Southwest (Organization)
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: The University of Utah Press; University of Utah Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781607812739; 9781607812746
Subjects: Stone implements; Analysis; Archaeology; Methodology
Notes: "Published in conjunction with Archaeology Southwest, Tucson."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. A Foundation for Research; title: 1. The Groundwork; title: Determining Function; title: Laying a Foundation for Analysis; title: Classifying Ground Stone; title: 2. Grinding Technology and Technological Analysis; title: Design and Manufacture; title: Use; title: Wear; title: Use-Wear Analysis; title: Kinematics; title: Disuse or the Afterlife; title: Data Collection; title: Answering Research Questions; title: Analysis Strategy; title: 3. Resources for Modeling Tool Use and Technological Behavior; title: Photographs; title: Ethnography; title: Experimental Replication; title: Designing Experimental Research; title: Part 2. Artifact Descriptions; title: 4. Abrading, Smoothing, and Polishing Tools; title: Abraders and Smoothers; title: Polishers; title: Hide-Processing Stones; title: 5. Grinding and Pulverizing Tools; title: Manos and Metates; title: Mortars; title: Pitted and Cupped Stones; title: Pestles; title: Handstones; title: Netherstones; title: Grinding Slabs; title: Lapstones; title: Palettes; title: 6. Percussion Tools; title: Hammerstones; title: Pecking Stones; title: Choppers; title: Chisels; title: Crushers and Fergoliths; title: Pottery Anvils; title: Lithic Anvils; title: 7. Hafted Percussion Tools; title: Axes; title: Mauls; title: Picks; title: Adzes; title: Mattocks; title: Hoes; title: Tchamahias; title: 8. Spinning Tools; title: Fire-Drill Hearths; title: Spindle Bases; title: Whorls; title: 9. Perforating, Cutting, and Scraping Tools; title: Awls; title: Reamers; title: Tabular Tools; title: Saws and Files; title: Planes; title: Tabular Tools; title: 10. Paraphernalia; title: Atlatl Parts; title: Balls; title: Bell Stones; title: Cruciforms; title: Cylinders and Medicine Stones; title: Plummets and Weights; title: Disks; title: Lightning Stones; title: Pipes and Tubes; title: Shaped Stones; title: Pigments; title: Personal Ornaments; title: Figurines; title: Ecofacts; title: 11. Containers and Container Closures; title: Bowls and Censers; title: Trays; title: Closures; title: 12. Structural Stones; title: Loomblocks; title: Cooking Stones; title: Trivets; title: Fire-Cracked Rock; title: Appendix A: General Artifact Form; title: Appendix B: Handstone Form; title: Appendix C: Netherstone Form; title: Appendix D: Hafted Tool Form; title: Appendix E: Grooved Artifact Form; title: Appendix F: Perforated Artifact Form; title: Glossary.