Written in Stone

P. Nick Kardulias is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archeology at the College of Wooster. He is the editor of World Systems Theory in Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), Beyond the Site: Regional Studies in the Aegean Area (University Press of America, 1994), and co-editor of Agean Startegies: Studies of Culture and Environment on the European Fringe (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999). Richard W. Yerkes is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Ohio State University. He has directed and worked on projects in the United States, Cyprus, Greece, and Hungary.

The papers in this volume highlight particular facets of stone tool production and use, providing case studies demonstrating how these analytical approaches can be employed to illuminate human history.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Lithic Analysis as Cross-Cultural StudyChapter 2 The Use of the Chaine Operatoire Approach in the Upper Paleolithic Period in SinaiChapter 3 Using Lithic Artifacts to Study Craft Specialiazation in Ancient Societies: The Hopewell CaseChapter 4 Lithic Artifacts from Surveys: A Comparative Evaluation of Recent Evidence from the Southern AegeanChapter 5 Determining the Source of Lithic Artifacts and Reconstructing Trade in the Ancient WorldChapter 6 Chemical Sourcing of Hopewell Bladelets: Implications for Building a Chert Database for OhioChapter 7 Stone in an Age of Bronze: Lithics from Bronze Age Contexts in Greece and IranChapter 8 Statecraft and State Crafts: A Reconsideration of Mesoamerican Obsidian Industries