NELD Bibliography - Recommended Readings

This is a list of suggested readings on topics important to the study of Northeastern lithic archaeology. It is not meant to be exhaustive. Comments are welcome.

GEOLOGY

Useful References on General Geology:
(mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, introductory geology, terms, stratigraphy, nomenclature...)

American Geological Institute

1976 Dictionary of Geological Terms Revised Edition. Anchor Press, Garden City, NY

- good basic geological dictionary

Ford, W.E.

1958 A Textbook of Mineralogy 4th Edition, originally by E.S. Dana. J. Wiley, New York.

- standard mineralogy textbook

Gilluly, James, A.C. Waters, & A.O. Woodford

1975 Principles of Geology 4th Edition. W.H. Freeman, San Francisco

- standard geology text

Heinrich, E. Wm.

1965 Microscopic Identification of Minerals McGraw-Hill, New York.

- standard petrography textbook

Hurlbut, Cornelius S., Jr.

1961 Manual of Mineralogy 17th Edition, originally by E.S. Dana. J. Wiley, New York

- standard mineralogy lab manual

Lister, Brian

1982 Evaluation of analytical data: a practical guide for geoanalysts. Geostandards Newsletter 6(2):175-205

excellent survey of statistical methods including robust techniques

MacKenzie, W.S. and C. Guilford

1980 Atlas of Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section. J. Wiley, New York

- pictures and descriptions of many rock-forming minerals in thin section

Salvador, Amos (Editor)

1994 International Stratigraphic Guide: A Guide to Stratigraphic Classification, Terminology, and Procedure 2nd Edition. International Union of Geological Sciences and Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.

- mandatory guide to straigraphy, nomenclature and terminology

Swanson, R.G.

1981 Sample Examination Manual Methods in Exploration Series. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK.

- handy field and lab manual

Welton, Joann E.

1984 SEM Petrology Atlas. American Association of petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK.

- SEM pictures and spectrographs or many common rock-forming minerals

Useful References on Northeast Geology:
(overview, maps??)

Northeast Lithic Types:
(overview(s)...)

Eckert, Allan W.

1987 Earth Treasures Volume 1: The Northeastern Quadrant. Harper and Row, New York.

- lists sources of rocks, minerals, and fossils

ARCHAEOLOGY

Useful References on Archaeological Computing:
(design, NELD itself...)

Doran, J.E. & F.R. Hodson

1975 Mathematics and Computers in Archaeology. Harvard Univ Press, Cambridge, MA

- summary of mathematics & statistics in archaeology, including brief (dated) section on computers and databases

Luedtke, Barbara E.

1993 The need for a regional lithic data base. Paper presented at the NEAA annual meeting, Ottawa??

- call for a regional database which helped to catalyse NELD

Luedtke, Barbara E.

1996 Lithic data bases in New England and beyond. Presented at "Chaos or Congruence?" Session at SAA Annual Meeting, New Orleans,LA

- summary paper on databases given at session which helped to catalyse NELD

Orton, Clive

1980 Mathematics in Archaeology.Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge

- brief introduction to mathematics in archaology

Useful References on Northeastern Archaeology:
(prehistorical overview(s), history of archaeology...?)

Ritchie, William A.

1980 The Archaeology of New York State Revised Edition. Harbor Hill, Harrison, NY.

- survey of New York prehistory (a bit dated)

Important Concerns in Archaeological Lithics:
(use-wear, technology, thermal alt, weathering, plough effects, procurement, exchange, nomenclature, misidentification, sourcing...)

Church, Tim

1994 Lithic Resource Studies: A Sourcebook for Archaeologists. Lithic Technology Special Publication No. 3. Department of Anthropology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

- overview of lithic archaeology method and theory, with extensive bibliography

Calogero, Barbara L. A

1992 Lithic misidentification. Man in the Northeast 43:87-90

- caveat against lithic misidentification

Inizan, Marie-Louise, Helene Roche, & Jacques Tixier

1992 Technology of Knapped Stone, Followed by a Multilingual Vocabularly Prehistoire de la Piérre Taillée Tome 3. Mendon: CREP.

- handy pictorial and multilingual reference

Jarvis, Hugh W.

(in press) On The Naming of Lithics: A Guide to Archaeological Lithic Nomenclature. Under revision for American Antiquity

- guidelines for application of stratigraphic codes in archaeology

Luedtke, Barbara E.

1992 An Archaeologist's Guide to Chert and Flint. Institute of Archaeology Archaeological Research Tools No. 7. University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

- overview of lithic archaeology method and theory, summary of lithic types (descriptions and data)

ARCHAEOMETRY AND GEOARCHAEOLOGY

Lithic Sourcing Technologies:
(XRF, XRD, PIXE, NAA, SEM, UVFA, petrography...)

Last Modified: Nov 4, 2003