New approaches to old stones : recent studies of ground stone artifacts

Weitere Verfasser: Rowan, Yorke M. , [HerausgeberIn]
Ebeling, Jennie R. , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
Ausgabe: First issued in paperback 2015.
Umfang/Format: xvi, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Approaches to anthropological archaeology
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : the potential of ground stone studies /
  • Yorke M. Rowan and Jennie R. Ebeling
  • Geological constraints on ground stone production and consumption in the southern Levant /
  • Joan S. Schneider and Philip C. LaPorta
  • Discovery of a medieval Islamic industry for steatite cooking vessels in Egypt's eastern desert /
  • James A. Harrell and V. Max Brown
  • Beyond the Mohs scale : raw material choice and the production of stone vases in a late Minoan context /
  • Tristan Carter
  • Stones on stone : assessing the use of handstones as tools to process stone artifacts at PPNB Ba'ja in southern Jordan /
  • Philipp M. Rassmann
  • A chip off the old millstone : grinding stone production and distribution in the early Bronze Age of the Negev /
  • Yael Abadi-Reiss and Steven A. Rosen
  • The exchange of ground stone tools and vessels during the early Bronze Age in the southern Levant /
  • Ianir Milevski
  • Craft production and the organization of ground stone technologies /
  • Katherine I. Wright
  • Maize-grinding tools in prehispanic central Mexico /
  • Martin Biskowski
  • Grinding stones and seeds of change : starch and phytoliths as evidence of plant food processing /
  • Richard Fullagar, Judith Field and Lisa Kealhofer
  • Identifying lightly used polishing stones : experiments and implications /
  • Martha Trenna Valado
  • Wear patterns on ground stone implements from Tel Yin'am /
  • Harold A. Liebowitz
  • Variation in the organization of prehistoric milling technologies of the northern Mojave Desert, North America /
  • Mark E. Basgall
  • Beyond the broken /
  • Jenny L. Adams
  • Ground stone tools, refuse structure, and the life histories of residential buildings at Ayn abū Nukhayla, southern Jordan /
  • Seiji Kadowaki
  • The changing face of ground stone studies in the American Great Basin /
  • Renee Corona Kolvet
  • Basalt bowls in early Bronze IA shaft tombs at Bab edh-Dhra' : production, placement and symbolism /
  • R. Thomas Schaub
  • Stone alabastra in western Anatolia /
  • C.H. Roosevelt
  • Carving luxury : late classic white stone vase traditions in Mesoamerica /
  • Christina Luke
  • Stone vessel production caves on the eastern slope of Mount Scopus, Jerusalem /
  • David Amit, Jon Seligman and Irina Zilberbod
  • Beyond provenance analysis : the movement of basaltic artefacts through a social landscape /
  • Graham Rutter and Graham Philip
  • New insights from old stones : a survey of ground stone studies /
  • Jane Peterson.