Surovell Todd A. Toward a Behavioral Ecology of Lithic Technology: Cases from Paleoindian Archaeology 9780816507382

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Автор: Surovell Todd A.
Название: Toward a Behavioral Ecology of Lithic Technology: Cases from Paleoindian Archaeology
ISBN: 9780816507382
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Археология

ISBN-10: 0816507384
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 296
Вес: 0.46 кг.
Дата издания: 29.02.2012
Серия: Archeology
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Black & white illustrations
Размер: 226 x 152 x 23
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Archaeology
Подзаголовок: Cases from paleoindian archaeology
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Modern humans and their hominid ancestors relied on chipped-stone technology for well over two million years and colonized more than 99 percent of the Earths habitable landmass in doing so. Yet there currently exist only a handful of informal models derived from ethnographic observation, experiments, engineering, and common sense to explain variability in archaeological lithic assemblages. Because the fundamental processes of making, using, and discarding stone tools are, at root, exercises in problem solving, Todd Surovell asks what conditions favor certain technological solutions. Whether asking if a biface should be made thick or thin or if a flake should be saved or discarded, Surovell seeks answers that extend beyond a case-by-case analysis. One avenue for addressing these questions theoretically is formal mathematical modeling. Here Surovell constructs a series of models designed to link environmental variability to human decision making as it pertains to lithic technology. To test the models, Surovell uses data from the analysis of more than 40,000 artifacts from five Rocky Mountain and Northern Plains Folsom and Goshen complex archaeological sites dating to the Younger Dryas stadial (ca. 12,600-11,500 years BP). The primary result is the production of powerful new analytical tools useful to the interpretation of archaeological assemblages. Surovells goal is to promote modeling and explore the general issues governing technological decisions. In this light, his models can be applied to any context in which stone tools are made and used.

Toward a Behavioral Ecology of Lithic Technology: Cases from Paleoindian Archaeology, Surovell Todd A.