Horowitz, Rachel A., editorMcCall, Grant S., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2019-06-282019-06-282019https://hdl.handle.net/10217/195601Includes bibliographical references and index.Examining lithic technology in sedentary societies around the world and showcasing information that in-depth, cutting-edge, lithic analytical techniques provides. Highlighting important contributions to the field of lithics and how they can improve the study of sedentary Mesoamerican societies, as well as other ancient societies around the world.--Provided by publisher.Lithics in sedentary societies: themes, methods, and directions / Rachel A. Horowitz and Grant S. McCall -- Urban lithics: the role of stone tools in the Indus civilization and at Harappa / Mary A. Davis -- The importance of being ad hoc: patterns and implications of expedient lithic production in the Bronze Age in Israel / Francesca Manclossi and Steven A. Rosen -- Leaving no stone unturned: expedient lithic production among preclassic households of San Estevan, Belize and K'o and Hamontún, Guatemala / Jason S. R. Paling -- The economic organization of the extraction and production of utilitarian chert tools in the Mopan Valley, Belize / Rachel A. Horowitz -- Chert at Chalcatzingo: implications of knapping strategies and technological organization for formative economics / Grant S. McCall, Rachel A. Horowitz, Dan M. Healan, and David C. Grove -- Unraveling sociopolitical organization using lithic data: a case study from an agricultural society in the American Southwest / Fumiyasu Arakawa -- Using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) to source Burlington chert from the Carson site, 22CO505, Coahoma County, Mississippi / Jayur Madhusudan Mehta, Grant S. McCall, Theodore Marks, and James Enloe -- Stone age economics: efficiency, blades, specialization, and obsolescence / John C. Whittaker.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Stone implements -- AnalysisTools, Prehistoric -- AnalysisPrehistoric peoples -- AntiquitiesEconomics, PrehistoricExcavations (Archaeology)TextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.