Introduction: Beyond the reduction sequence and new insights in lithic technology

Stefano Grimaldi; Sara Cura

doi:10.2218/jls.v4i1.2517

Introduction: Beyond the reduction sequence and new insights in lithic technology

Journal of Lithic Studies ◽

10.2218/jls.v4i1.2517 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Stefano Grimaldi ◽

Sara Cura

Keyword(s):

Lithic Technology ◽

Reduction Sequence ◽

Lithic Studies

The proceedings of the B23 Session held during the XVII UISPP/IUPPS conference (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) are published in this issue of the Journal of Lithic Studies. The title of the session, "Beyond the reduction sequence: new insights in lithic technology", aimed to increase awareness about current methods in studies on stone assemblages.

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Lithic technology and discard at Marki, Cyprus: consumer behaviour and site formation in the prehistoric Bronze Age

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x0008738x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 72 (278) ◽

pp. 796-805 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jennifer M. Webb

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Consumer Behaviour ◽

Lithic Technology ◽

Site Formation ◽

Lithic Studies ◽

Insight Into

Lithic studies all too often ignore the material of later prehistory. Here an exploration of ideas of curation and expediency offers a new insight into material from Bronze Age Cyprus.

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INTRODUCTION

Ancient Mesoamerica ◽

10.1017/s0956536109000078 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 87-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kenneth G. Hirth ◽

Geoffrey G. McCafferty ◽

William R. Fowler

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Lithic Technology ◽

Stone Tools ◽

Economic Behavior ◽

Lithic Analysis ◽

The Past ◽

Powerful Approach ◽

Lithic Studies

Over the past four decades the interpretive capacity of lithic analysis in Mesoamerica has changed dramatically. Lithic studies have grown from simple artifact descriptions to a powerful approach for studying and interpreting pre-Hispanic economy. The linchpin for this change was the development of the lithic technology approach (Collins 1975; Crabtree 1968; Flenniken 1981) and its use in asking culturally meaningful questions about the Mesoamerican past (Sheets 1975; Spence 1967). The utility of this approach is as obvious to those who employ it, as it is elusive to those who do not. It involves the recovery, analysis and interpretation of flaked stone residues, that is, the large and small flakes and chips produced when stone tools are manufactured and used. Moreover, it is the study of the mundane to view the mundane, and obtain a window onto the economic patterns of everyday life. The reward from studying thousands of ordinary flaked stone remains comes from the insight it provides for reconstructing and modeling past economic behavior.

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