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

Title
  1. Method in microwear analysis : prehistoric sickles and other stone tools from Arjoune, Syria / Romana Unger-Hamilton.
Published by
  1. Oxford, England : B.A.R., 1988.
Author
  1. Unger-Hamilton, Romana.

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Description
  1. 331 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.
Series statement
  1. BAR international series ; 435
Uniform title
  1. BAR international series ; 435.
Subject
  1. Stone implements > Syria
  2. Tools, Prehistoric
  3. Stone implements > Analysis
  4. Archaeology > Methodology
  5. Tools, Prehistoric > Syria
  6. Outils de pierre > Syrie
  7. Outils de pierre > Analyse
  8. Archéologie > Méthodologie
  9. Outils préhistoriques > Syrie
  10. Outils préhistoriques
  11. Antiquities
  12. Archaeology > Methodology
  13. Stone implements
  14. Stone implements > Analysis
  15. Tools, Prehistoric
  16. Steingerät
  17. Vor- und Frühgeschichte
  18. Prehistoric peoples > Tools > Analysis. > Syria > Arjoune
  19. Sickles, Prehistoric > Syria > Arjoune > Analysis
  20. Stone implements > Syria > Arjoune > Expertising
  21. Excavations (Archaeology) > Syria > Arjoune
  22. Industrie lithique > Syrie > Arjoune
  23. Fouilles archéologiques > Syrie > Arjoune
  24. Syria > Antiquities
  25. Arjoune Site (Syria)
  26. Arjoune (Syrie : Site archéologique)
  27. Syrie > Antiquités
  28. Syria > Arjoune Site
  29. Syria
  30. Arjoune
  31. Arjoune (Syria) > Antiquities
  32. Syria Prehistoric stone tools Wear Analysis
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Spine title: Microwear analysis-Arjoune.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 214-230.