{"product_id":"time-energy-and-stone-tools-paperback-9780521115285","title":"Time, Energy and Stone Tools (Paperback) 9780521115285","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTime, Energy and Stone Tools\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection aims to refocus archaeological and anthropological interest in technology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobin Torrence (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521115285, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e136 pages\u003cbr\u003e28 x 21 x 0.7 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTime, Energy and Stone Tools aims to refocus archaeological and anthropological interest in technology by demonstrating that theory-building is possible if tool manufacture and use are conceived as products of both environmental factors and social needs. Drawing particularly on optimisation theory in ecology, the eleven contributors examine within a broad spatial and temporal framework a wide range of variable including time, energy, raw materials, risk management and information flow and its place in social relationships. Most concentrate on hunter-gatherer adaptation but key papers examining the impact of agriculture and growing social complexity are also included. A challenging overview by Michael Jochim stresses at once the key role of theory in aiding our understanding of early technology and the embeddedness of tool use in the wider behavioural setting.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Tools as optimal solutions Robin Torrence\u003cbr\u003e 2. From shopper to celt: the evolution of resharpening techniques Brian Hayden\u003cbr\u003e 3. The occupational history of sites and the interpretation of prehistoric technological systems: an example from Cedar Mesa, Utah Eileen Camilli\u003cbr\u003e 4. Trade or embedded procurement?: a test case from southern Illinois Carol A. Morrow and Richard W. Jefferies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Economies in raw material use by prehistoric hunter-gatherers Robert Jeske\u003cbr\u003e 6. Lithic technology and mobility strategies: the Koster site Middle Archaic Rochelle Lurie\u003cbr\u003e 7. Re-tooling: towards a behavioural theory of stone tools Robin Torrence\u003cbr\u003e 8. A cost-benefit study of the functionally similar tools Roger A. Boydston\u003cbr\u003e 9. Reliable and maintainable technological strategies in the Mesolithic of mainland Britain Andrew Myers\u003cbr\u003e 10. Assessing social information in material objects: how well do lithics measure up? Joan M. Gero\u003cbr\u003e 11. Optimisation and stone tool studies: problems and potential Michael A. Jochim\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Prehistoric archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Prehistoric archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Prehistoric%20archaeology%20%5BHDDA%5D%22\"\u003eHDDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006512156952,"sku":"9780521115285","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521115285i_579b9009-d647-4ca7-9e4b-830da4f3187b.jpg?v=1691371476","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/time-energy-and-stone-tools-paperback-9780521115285","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}