Method in microwear analysis : prehistoric sickles and other stone tools from Arjoune, Syria /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Unger-Hamilton, Romana
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, England : B.A.R., 1988.
Series:	BAR international series ; 435.
Subjects:	Stone implements > Syria. Syria > Antiquities. Tools, Prehistoric. Stone implements > Analysis. Archaeology > Methodology. Tools, Prehistoric > Syria. Arjoune Site (Syria) Outils de pierre > Syrie. Outils de pierre > Analyse. Archéologie > Méthodologie. Outils préhistoriques > Syrie. Arjoune (Syrie : Site archéologique) Syrie > Antiquités. Outils préhistoriques. Antiquities Archaeology > Methodology Stone implements Stone implements > Analysis Tools, Prehistoric Syria > Arjoune Site Syria Steingerät Vor- und Frühgeschichte Arjoune Arjoune (Syria) > Antiquities. Prehistoric peoples > Tools > Syria > Arjoune > Analysis. Sickles, Prehistoric > Syria > Arjoune > Analysis. Stone implements > Syria > Arjoune > Expertising. Excavations (Archaeology) > Syria > Arjoune. Industrie lithique > Syrie > Arjoune. Fouilles archéologiques > Syrie > Arjoune. Syria > Prehistoric stone tools > Wear > Analysis

Table of Contents:

Part I. Theory and Method of Microwear Analysis
Introduction
Chapter 1. Experimentation
Chapter 2. Microscopy and Photography
Chapter 3. Features Observed in a Microwear Analysis
Chapter 4. Edge Damage
Chapter 5. Polish, Striations and Gloss-Outline of Research
Chapter 6. Polish, Striations and Gloss-Aims of the Investigation
Chapter 7. The Mechanism of Polish Formation
Chapter 8. A Model of Polish Formation
Chapter 9. Striations
Chapter 10. Macroscopic Gloss
Chapter 11. Residues
Chapter 12. Cleaning
Chapter 13. The Influence of Soil Chemistry on Polishes
Chapter 14. Experimental Polishes
Chapter 15. The Variables Affecting the Development and the Appearance of Polish-Outline
Chapter 16. The Preliminary Series of Experiments with Plants
Chapter 17. Variables of Polish Formation-Further Experiments
Chapter 18. Polish and Striations due to Factors Other than Use
Chapter 19. Sampling
Chapter 19. Sampling
Chapter 20. The Blind Tests
Conclusions : Theory and Method of Microwear Analysis
Part II. Sickle Blades and Other Tools from Arjoune
Introduction
Chapter 1. Arjoune and its Environment
Chapter 2. The Excavations
Chapter 3. The Botanical Evidence
Chapter 4. The Faunal Analysis
Chapter 5. Non- Flint Artefacts
Chapter 6. The Flint
Chapter 7. The Raw Material (Flint)
Chapter 8. Preservation of the Excavated Flint
Chapter 9. The Method
Chapter 10. Scrapers
Chapter 11. Perforators (Borers, Piercers, Drills)
Chapter 12. Retouched Blades, Bladelets and Flakes
Chapter 13. Notches and Denticulates
Introduction
Chapter 14. Burins
Chapter 15. Arrowheads and Barbs
Chapter 16. Axes, Adzes and Choppers
Chapter 17. Blades with Gloss from Arjoune and Other Sites in the Levant
Chapter 18. Burnt Flint Implements from Arjoune
Chapter 19. Comparison of Typology and Microwear Analysis
Conclusions.