North America--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Antiquities, Indigenous peoples -- Antiquities, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Implements, Indigenous peoples -- Implements, Archaeology 

"Over 500 North American Stone Age tools, pieces of equipment, and personal possessions are catalogued and identified here to help beginning archaeologists better perceive and understand the relics they unearth in the field or encounter in museums. There are close to 350 illustrations which help to illuminate the total culture of Stone Age man in America and the technology that developed from the things he made and used. An opening chapter on artifact classification and the C-14 method of dating leads into a discussion of the technology of chipped stone and the various methods that were used by Amerind (the American aborigine) flintsmiths to fashion their tools. Precise text and illustration then identify, in detail, the various types of finds that await the digger: stone projectile points; chipped stone; pecked, ground and polished stone; rough stone artifacts; antler, bone, shell, vegetal fiber, and wood; metal artifacts; and ceramics." -- Amazon.