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Generalization, inference and the quantification of lithic reduction

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dc.contributor.authorHiscock, Peter
dc.contributor.authorTabrett, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T21:54:24Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:39:39Z
dc.description.abstractToday studies of lithic technology almost invariably employ models of the reduction process, and often models of the extent of reduction that specimens and classes of tools have undergone. Debates about the explanation of lithic assemblage variability are based upon methods for inferring the nature and extent of reduction. In this paper, we construct a conceptual framework for evaluating the competing reduction indices for estimating the extent of flake retouching. With this framework we offer a new synthesis of reduction indices and the debates that have surrounded their use.
dc.identifier.issn0043-8243
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/38921
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceWorld Archaeology
dc.subjectKeywords: conceptual framework; Paleolithic Lithic analysis; Measurement; Palaeolithic; Reduction index; Retouch
dc.titleGeneralization, inference and the quantification of lithic reduction
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage561
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage545
local.contributor.affiliationHiscock, Peter, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationTabrett, Amy , College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidHiscock, Peter, u9701386
local.contributor.authoruidTabrett, Amy , u4459006
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor210102 - Archaeological Science
local.identifier.absseo970121 - Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
local.identifier.ariespublicationu8304786xPUB168
local.identifier.citationvolume42
local.identifier.doi10.1080/00438243.2010.517669
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-78149399821
local.identifier.thomsonID000283891200003
local.type.statusPublished Version

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