Title
Stone-Tool Demography: Reduction Distributions in North American Paleoindian Tools
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
Summer 8-12-2010
Abstract
Stone tools “age” by reduction during use. Like individuals, each tool “ages” (is reduced) to some particular degree; like populations, sets of tools “age” (are reduced) to varying degrees expressed as reduction distributions. I fit distributions of North American Paleoindian tools to mathematical models, both for efficient description and to identify processes that govern discard. Reduction analysis is the thoughtful use of surprisingly simple measurements and practices to reveal both dimensions of past behavior and how the archaeological record formed.
Publication Title
New Perspectives on Old Stones
First Page
275
Last Page
293
Recommended Citation
Shott, Michael J., "Stone-Tool Demography: Reduction Distributions in North American Paleoindian Tools" (2010). Anthropology Faculty Research. 369.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/anthro_ideas/369