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Method in microwear analysis : prehistoric sickles and other stone tools from Arjoune, Syria
- Title
- Method in microwear analysis : prehistoric sickles and other stone tools from Arjoune, Syria / Romana Unger-Hamilton.
- Author
- Unger-Hamilton, Romana.
- Publication
- Oxford, England : B.A.R., 1988.
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- Description
- 331 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.
- Series Statement
- BAR international series ; 435
- Uniform Title
- BAR international series ; 435.
- Subject
- Stone implements > Syria
- Tools, Prehistoric
- Stone implements > Analysis
- Archaeology > Methodology
- Tools, Prehistoric > Syria
- Outils de pierre > Syrie
- Outils de pierre > Analyse
- Archéologie > Méthodologie
- Outils préhistoriques > Syrie
- Outils préhistoriques
- Antiquities
- Archaeology > Methodology
- Stone implements
- Stone implements > Analysis
- Tools, Prehistoric
- Steingerät
- Vor- und Frühgeschichte
- Prehistoric peoples > Tools > Analysis. > Syria > Arjoune
- Sickles, Prehistoric > Syria > Arjoune > Analysis
- Stone implements > Syria > Arjoune > Expertising
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Syria > Arjoune
- Industrie lithique > Syrie > Arjoune
- Fouilles archéologiques > Syrie > Arjoune
- Syria > Antiquities
- Arjoune Site (Syria)
- Arjoune (Syrie : Site archéologique)
- Syrie > Antiquités
- Syria > Arjoune Site
- Syria
- Arjoune
- Arjoune (Syria) > Antiquities
- Syria Prehistoric stone tools Wear Analysis
- Note
- Spine title: Microwear analysis-Arjoune.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 214-230.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 086054561X
- 9780860545613
- LCCN
- 88205194
- OCLC
- ocm20628018
- 20628018
- SCSB-1720222
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library