Download or read book The Organization of North American Prehistoric Chipped Stone Tool Technologies written by Philip J. Carr and published by International Monographs in Prehistory. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eleven papers in this volume explore current methods and theories concerned with the organization of stone tool technology through a variety of case studies. Contributors include: P J Carr (The organization of technology: Impact and potential); D S Amick (Technological organization and the structure of inference in lithic analysis: An examination of Folsom Hunting behaviour in the American southwest); P J Carr (Technological organization and prehistoric hunter-gatherer mobility: Examination of the Hayes site); E E Ingbar (Lithic material selection and technological organization); M L Larson (Toward a holistic analysis of chipped stone assemblages); G H Odell (Assessing hunter-gatherer mobility in the Illinois valley); W J Parry (Prismatic blade technologies in North America); K E Sassaman (Changing strategies of biface production in the South Carolina coastal plain); J F Simek (The organization of lithic technology and evolution: Notes from the Continent); R Torrence (Strategies for moving on in lithic studies); R L Kelly (Some thoughts on future directions in the study of stone toll technological organization).