The chemical study of archaeological materials Archaeological Chemistry, Second Edition is
about the application of the chemical sciences to the study of ancient man and his material …

Central place foraging models are used to investigate assemblage variability at two
Paleoarchaic (terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene) dacite quarries in the central and …

Paleoarchaic (11.5–8.0 ka) occupants of the Great Basin encountered numerous lithic
sources as they moved across foraging territories. Source provenance and lithic technologic …

Integrating portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) instrumentation into archaeological
investigations has generated as much interest as skepticism because several characteristics …

The archaeological record of the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the Great
Basin consists largely of surface lithic artifacts, and consequently research has concentrated …

Researchers commonly use the distances and directions that toolstone was conveyed from
sources to archaeological sites to reconstruct lithic conveyance zones (LCZs). This …

Archaeologists often stress the importance of sedentism, large population sizes, and the
economy of scale in the development of ceramic technologies worldwide. Yet pottery making …

As a cost-effective and non-destructive method for multi-element analysis, portable X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) has the potential for broad archeological application; …

Based on a simple model of lithic procurement, reduction, and use, we generate predictions
for patterns in source diversity and average distance-to-source measurements for flaked …

Extrusion ages of archaeological obsidian, especially as determined by the 40Ar/39Ar
method, can provide reliable maximum ages for tool manufacture. In at least one case in the …