The procurement of quartz as a tool stone

Autor:	Thomas R Lewis
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	010506 paleontology Archeology 060102 archaeology Event (computing) 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology Task (project management) Tool stone Procurement Forensic engineering 0601 history and archaeology Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Zdroj:	North American Archaeologist. 42:286-312
ISSN:	1541-3543 0197-6931
DOI:	10.1177/0197693120980557
Popis:	The archaeological data suggest that the procurement of quartz was often times not a random or adventitious event, but rather an organized task of exploitation targeting geologic exposures which afforded good quality material in terms of composition, form, and quantity. In the absence of professionally collected data on quartz quarries or quartz extraction areas, an inferential approach can be substituted to afford some clarity to the issue. The study of patterning in recorded archaeological sites with dominant quartz tool stone assemblages can provide the means for identifying the geologic source areas and assist in precisely locating procurement areas.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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