Chipped Stone Tools in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico: Their Procurement, Production and Use

Description

Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Plates Introduction to Volume 8 Preface Chapter 1. Introduction and Background Introduction The Formative Period in the Valley of Oaxaca Previous Investigations Some Basic Assumptions Raw Materials as Measures of Interaction Technological Attributes as Measures of Interaction Functional Attributes Chapter 2. The Sample Emphasis on Floor Proveniences Introduction How Chipped Stone Becomes Incorporated Into Earthen Floors Archaeological Definition of Floor Associations The Sample of Floor Proveniences San Jose Mogote Abasolo Barrio del Rosario, Huitzo Fabrica San Jose Tomaltepec Chapter 3. The Procurement of Lithic Material Introduction Classification of Lithic Materials Obsidian Chert Other Local Materials Chert Sources in the Valley of Oaxaca Early and Middle Formative Obsidian Procurement The Redistribution Model Problems With the Redistribution Model Differential Access to Obsidian Early and Middle Formative Local Stone Procurement Introduction The San Jose Phase The Middle Formative Period Chronological Changes in Local Raw Material Procurement Summary Chapter 4. The Production of Chipped Stone Tools Introduction Definition of Terms Flakes and Flake Terminology Other General Categories Some Tool Types Technological Classification of Flakes The Blade Industry Introduction The Manufacture of Obsidian Blades Evolution of the Obsidian Blade Industry Absence of Chert Blades The Biface Industry Introduction Biface Manufacture Heat Treatment of Chert Summary The Flake Industry Introduction Ethnographic Flake Industries Flake Manufacture Organization of Flake Tool Production Summary: Early and Middle Formative Tool Production Chapter 5. The Uses of Chipped Stone Tools Introduction Edge Attributes as Indicators of Tool Function Edge Angle Edge Morphology Retouch Edge Damage Classification of Early and Middle Formative Tools The Relationship of Functional Types to Material and Morphological Types Summary Chapter 6. Spatial Patterns of Stone Tool Use Introduction Distribution of Activities Within Early Formative Houses House 4 of Tomaltepec House 2 of San Jose Mogote House 4 of San Jose Mogote Other Early and Middle Formative Houses Distribution of Activities in an Early Formative Household Unit Area B of San Jose Mogote Activity Differences Between Households San Jose Mogote Middle Formative Households Activity Differences Between Villages San Jose Phase Middle Formative Villages Chapter 7. Late and Terminal Formative Chipped Stone Assemblages The Late Formative Period San Jose Mogote in the Terminal Formative Period Terminal Formative Lithic Industries Functions of Terminal Formative Tools Differential Access to Stone Tools Summary Chapter 8. Nonutilitarian Chipped Stone Tools Introduction Burial Offerings Floors of Public Buildings Courtyards of Public Buildings Special Artifact Types Summary Chapter 9. Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Appendix