Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 4 hours
Catalog page 118
Prerequisites: ANTH 114A; or consent of instructor
Description: Covers the technology of core-and-blade and ground- stone industries. Addresses percussion- and pressure-blade reduction sequences and strategies. Emphasizes quarrying, initial reduction, core and blade production, and production and use of tools from blades. Includes technology and production of ground-stone tools, quarrying of raw material, and assemblage formation processes and their interpretation.