Knecht Heidi (ed.) Projectile Technology

Springer, 1997. — 408 p. — (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology). — ISBN: 978-1-4899-1853-6.Artifacts linked to projectile technologies traditionally have provided the foundations for time-space systematics and cultural-historic frameworks in archaeological research having to do with foragers. With the shift in archaeological research objectives to processual interpretations, projectile technologies continue to receive marked attention, but with an emphasis on the implications of variability in such areas as design, function, and material as they relate to the broader questions of human adaptation. The reason that this particular domain of foraging technology persists as an important focus of research, I think, comes in three parts. A projectile technology was a crucial part of most foragers' strategies for survival, it was functionally specific, and it generally was fabricated from durable materials likely to be detected archaeologically. Being fundamental to meat acquisition and the principal source of calories, projectile technologies were typically afforded greater time-investment, formal modification, and elaboration of attributes than others. Moreover, such technologies tend to display greater standardization because of constraints on size, morphology, and weight that are inherent to the delivery system. The elaboration of attributes and standardization of form gives projectile technologies time-and space-sensitivity that is greater than most other foraging technologies. And such sensitivity is immensely valuable in archaeological research.The History and Development of Projectile Technology Research (Heidi Knecht).
Factors Influencing the Use of Stone Projectile Tips: An Ethnographic Perspective (Christopher J. Ellis).
Archaeological Perspectives.
Middle Paleolithic Spear Point Technology (John J. Shea).
The Microwear and Morphology of Microliths from Gleann Mor (Bill Finlayson and Steven Mithen).
Side-Notched and Unnotched Arrowpoints: Assessing Functional Differences (Andrew L. Christenson).
Sinew-Reinforced and Composite Bows: Technology, Function, and Social Implications (Christopher A. Bergman and Edward McEwen).
Experimental Perspectives.
Contributions of Multidisciplinary Experimentation to the Study of Upper Paleolithic Projectile Points (Jean-Michel Geneste and Serge Maury).
Projectile Points of Bone, Antler, and Stone: Experimental Explorations of Manufacture and Use (Heidi Knecht).
Hunting during the Upper Paleolithic: Bow, Spearthrower, or Both? (Pierre Cattelain).
Self-Barbed Antler Spearpoints and Evidence of Fishing in the Late Upper Paleolithic of Cantabrian Spain (James Pokines and Marcy Krupa).
Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives.
Technology and Variation in Arrow Design among the Agta of Northeastern Luzon (P. Bion Griffin).
Hunting and Multifunctional Use of Bows and
Arrows: Ethnoarchaeology of Technological Organization among Pume Hunters of Venezuela (Russell D. Greaves).
A Comparison of Kua (Botswaua) aud Hadza (Tanzania) Bow and Arrow Hunting (Laurence E. Bartram, Jr.).
Each According to Need and Fashion: Spear and Arrow Use among San Hunters of the Kalahari (Robert Hitchcock and Peter Bleed).
Projectile Points: Form, Function, and Design (Margaret C. Nelson).