A comprehensive view of quarrying activities from three key regions in North America.

This exciting new addition to the the American Landscapes series provides an in-depth account of how flintknappers obtained and used stone based on archaeological, geological, landscape, and anthropological data. Featuring case studies from three key reg

• Cover page
• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
  • Book coverage
  • Volume themes
  • Summary remarks
• Chapter 2. William Henry Holmes’s contribution to the study of major North American stone quarries
  • Holmes and quarry investigations
  • Other early research on North American quarries
  • Recent quarries research
  • Techniques for sourcing stone
  • Chapter conclusions
• Chapter 3. The role of landscape archaeology in understanding quarries
  • The landscape archaeology approach
  • Quarry landscapes
  • Models for quarry landscape research
  • Thematic overview
• Chapter 4. Flint Mine Hill, New York
  • The archaeological picture
  • Lithic landscape
  • Variation in landscape use through time and across space
  • Archaeology of technology
  • Future research directions
• Chapter 5. “Spanish Diggings” and Arkansas Novaculite chert quarries in the Ouachita Mountains
  • The natural landscape of the Ouachita Mountains
  • The cultural landscape of Novaculite chert quarrying in the Ouachita Mountains
  • Concluding thoughts
• Chapter 6. Obsidian Cliff, Wyoming
  • Early visitors
  • The Obsidian Cliff lithic landscape
  • Variation in obsidian use through time and across space
  • Final observations
• Chapter 7. Extracting stone in pre-Columbian North America
  • Raw material procurement and tool use
  • Landscape archaeology and temporal changes in human behavior
  • Situating an archaeology of technology in the context of cultural systems
  • Future directions for data collection and analysis
  • Cultural heritage tourism and site preservation
  • Future directions
• Appendix: Quarry sites that can be visited by the public
• Bibliography