| Stone Tools and Mobility in the Illinois Valley: From Hunter-Gatherer Camps to Agricultural Villages Contributor(s): Odell, George H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1879621223 ISBN-13: 9781879621220 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | North American - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 977.350 |
| LCCN: 96-1824 |
| Series: Archaeological Series |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (2.20 lbs) 418 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A detailed comparative analysis of standardized lithic data from 10 Illinois Valley components spanning 7500 years from the Early Archaic through the Mississippian is presented in this volume―perhaps the first time that such a comprehensive set of lithic variables has been analyzed for the entire Holocene of a region. A major part of this study constitutes the most extensive application of low-power lithic use-wear analysis to be found in the literature, accompanied by full discussion of the technique and a suite of new experimental data. The results provide significant information on prehistoric mobility and technological organization in mid-continental North America, revealing clearly for the first time a number of significant behavioral trends. |
Contributor Bio(s): Odell, George H.: - George H. Odell was Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tulsa. His books include Lithic Analysis (Springer, 2004), and La Harpe's Post (University Alabama Press, 2002). |