Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 4 hours
Catalog page 118
Prerequisites: ANTH 003 or ANTH 005; or consent of instructor
Description: Introduction to the technology of core-and-flake stone tools. Addresses principles of fracture, quarrying, reduction, heat treatment, core technology, and production and use of flaked stone tools in core-and-flake lithic assemblages. Includes assemblage formation processes and their interpretation.