Archaeological Approaches to Technology, 2006, 304 p. -

This book compares the range of pre-industrial technologies, from stone tool production, fiber crafts, wood and bone working, fired clay crafts, metal production, and glass manufacture ; il also includes socially contextualized case studies, as well as general descriptions of technological processes. The authos discusses essential terminology (technology, material culture, chaîne opératoire, etc.), primarily from the perspective of how these terms are used by archaeologists.