List of Contributors viii List of Figures ................... xi
List of Tables .............................................. xv
1 Introduction: The Potential of Ground Stone Studies
Yorke M. Rowan and Jennie R. Ebeling ......................... 1
I. PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE
2 Geological Constraints on Ground Stone Production and
Consumption in the Southern Levant
Joan S. Schneider and Philip C. LaPorta ..................... 19
3 Discovery of a Medieval Islamic Industry for Steatite
Cooking Vessels in Egypt's Eastern Desert
James A. Harrell and V. Max Brown ........................... 41
4 Beyond the Mohs Scale: Raw Material Choice and the
Production of Stone Vases in a Late Minoan Context
Tristan Carter .............................................. 66
5 Stones on Stone: Assessing the Use of Handstones as Tools
to Process Stone Artifacts at PPNB Ba'ja in Southern
Jordan
Philipp M. Rassmann ......................................... 82
6 A Chip Off the Old Millstone: Grinding Stone Production
and Distribution in the Early Bronze Age of the Negev
Yael Abadi-Reiss and Steven A. Rosen ........................ 99
7 The Exchange of Ground Stone Tools and Vessels during
the Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant
Ianir Milevski ............................................. 116
8 Craft Production and the Organization of Ground Stone
Technologies
Katherine I. Wright ........................................ 130
9 Maize-Grinding Tools in Prehispanic Central Mexico
Martin Biskowski ........................................... 144
II. INTERPRETING FUNCTION, PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY USE
10 Grinding Stones and Seeds of Change: Starch and
Phytoliths as Evidence of Plant Food Processing
Richard Fullagar, Judith Field and Lisa Kealhofer .......... 159
11 Identifying Lightly Used Polishing Stones: Experiments
and Implications
Martha Trenna Valado ....................................... 173
12 Wear Patterns on Ground Stone Implements from Tel Yin'am
Harold A. Liebowitz ........................................ 182
13 Variation in the Organization of Prehistoric Milling
Technologies of the Northern Mojave Desert, North America
Mark E. Basgall ............................................ 196
14 Beyond the Broken
Jenny L. Adams ............................................. 213
15 Ground Stone Tools, Refuse Structure, and the Life
Histories of Residential Buildings at Ayn Abu Nukhayla,
Southern Jordan
Seiji Kadowaki ............................................. 230
16 The Changing Face of Ground Stone Studies in the American
Great Basin
Renee Corona Kolvet ........................................ 258
III. SYMBOLS OF LUXURY AND RITUAL EQUIPMENT
17 Basalt Bowls in Early Bronze IA Shaft Tombs at Bab
edh-Dhra': Production, Placement and Symbolism
R. Thomas Schaub ........................................... 277
18 Stone Alabastra in Western Anatolia
C.H. Roosevelt ............................................. 285
19 Carving Luxury: Late Classic White Stone Vase Traditions
in Mesoamerica
Christina Luke ............................................. 298
20 Stone Vessel Production Caves on the Eastern Slope of
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
David Amit, Jon Seligman and Irina Zilberbod ............... 320
21 Beyond Provenance Analysis: The Movement of Basaltic
Artefacts through a Social Landscape
Graham Rutter and Graham Philip ............................ 343
IV. NEW INSIGHTS FROM OLD STONES
22 New Insights from Old Stones: A Survey of Ground Stone
Studies
Jane Peterson .............................................. 361
Index ...................................................... 371
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