Chipped Stone Tools in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico: Their Procurement, Production and Use

Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Plates
Introduction to Volume 8
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction and Background
	Introduction
	The Formative Period in the Valley of Oaxaca
	Previous Investigations
	Some Basic Assumptions
		Raw Materials as Measures of Interaction
		Technological Attributes as Measures of Interaction
		Functional Attributes
Chapter 2. The Sample
	Emphasis on Floor Proveniences
		Introduction
		How Chipped Stone Becomes Incorporated Into Earthen Floors
		Archaeological Definition of Floor Associations
	The Sample of Floor Proveniences
		San Jose Mogote
		Abasolo
		Barrio del Rosario, Huitzo
		Fabrica San Jose
		Tomaltepec
Chapter 3. The Procurement of Lithic Material
	Introduction
	Classification of Lithic Materials
		Obsidian
		Chert
		Other Local Materials
	Chert Sources in the Valley of Oaxaca
	Early and Middle Formative Obsidian Procurement
		The Redistribution Model
		Problems With the Redistribution Model
		Differential Access to Obsidian
	Early and Middle Formative Local Stone Procurement
		Introduction
		The San Jose Phase
		The Middle Formative Period
		Chronological Changes in Local Raw Material Procurement
	Summary
Chapter 4. The Production of Chipped Stone Tools
	Introduction
	Definition of Terms
		Flakes and Flake Terminology
		Other General Categories
		Some Tool Types
		Technological Classification of Flakes
	The Blade Industry
		Introduction
		The Manufacture of Obsidian Blades
		Evolution of the Obsidian Blade Industry
		Absence of Chert Blades
	The Biface Industry
		Introduction
		Biface Manufacture
		Heat Treatment of Chert
		Summary
	The Flake Industry
		Introduction
		Ethnographic Flake Industries
		Flake Manufacture
		Organization of Flake Tool Production
	Summary: Early and Middle Formative Tool Production
Chapter 5. The Uses of Chipped Stone Tools
	Introduction
	Edge Attributes as Indicators of Tool Function
		Edge Angle
		Edge Morphology
		Retouch
		Edge Damage
	Classification of Early and Middle Formative Tools
	The Relationship of Functional Types to Material and Morphological Types
	Summary
Chapter 6. Spatial Patterns of Stone Tool Use
	Introduction
	Distribution of Activities Within Early Formative Houses
		House 4 of Tomaltepec
		House 2 of San Jose Mogote
		House 4 of San Jose Mogote
		Other Early and Middle Formative Houses
	Distribution of Activities in an Early Formative Household Unit
		Area B of San Jose Mogote
	Activity Differences Between Households
		San Jose Mogote
		Middle Formative Households
	Activity Differences Between Villages
		San Jose Phase
		Middle Formative Villages
Chapter 7. Late and Terminal Formative Chipped Stone Assemblages
	The Late Formative Period
	San Jose Mogote in the Terminal Formative Period
	Terminal Formative Lithic Industries
	Functions of Terminal Formative Tools
	Differential Access to Stone Tools
	Summary
Chapter 8. Nonutilitarian Chipped Stone Tools
	Introduction
	Burial Offerings
	Floors of Public Buildings
	Courtyards of Public Buildings
	Special Artifact Types
	Summary
Chapter 9. Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix