I. Research Design.- 1. • Evaluating Lithic Strategies and Design Criteria.- II. Curation.- 2. • Economizing Behavior and the Concept of “Curation”.- 3. • Is Curation a Useful Heuristic?.- 4. • Hunter-Gatherer Lithic Economy and Settlement Systems: Understanding Regional Assemblage Variability in the Upper Paleolithic of Portuguese Estremadura.- III. Stone Tools and Complex Societies.- 5. • The Decline and Fall of Flint.- 6. • Lithic Analysis and Questions of Cultural Complexity: The Maya.- 7. • The Role of Chipped Stone in the Political Economy of Social Ranking.- IV. Innovation and Style in Projectile Points.- 8. • When Is an Elko?.- 9. • Projectile Points, Style, and Social Process in the Preceramic of Central Peru.- 10. • Innovation and Selection in Prehistory: A Case Study from the American Bottom.- V. Technique and Methodology.- 11. • Microwear Analysis of Some Clovis and Experimental Chipped Stone Tools.- 12. • Lithic Refitting and Archaeological Site Formation Processes: A Case Study from the Twin Ditch Site, Greene County, Illinois.- VI. Conclusion.- 13. • Some Comments on a Continuing Debate.
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