Lithic technologies of the Discovery Islands: materials, stone tool production, and communities of skilled practitioners

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dc.contributor.authorAbbott, Callum William Filan
dc.contributor.supervisorMackie, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-26T14:30:56Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-04-26
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Anthropologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the findings of a diachronic analysis of three lithic assemblages from Quadra Island, British Columbia. From this, insights flow about the genealogies of technological practice and communities of skilled practitioners who inhabited the study area throughout its deep history. I use qualitative and quantitative methods including macroscopic lithic analysis, thin section petrography, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, and morphometrics to operationalize these theoretical foundations. This suite of complementary methods and theory weaves a narrative of technological change alongside simultaneous continuity for hundreds of generations of human life. I argue this is evidence of the dynamic, sophisticated, yet enduring knowledge and practice of the inhabitants of the Discovery Islands throughout their deep histories that persist in the present.en_US
dc.description.embargo2019-04-16
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9260
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectNorthwest Coast Archaeologyen_US
dc.subjectLithic Technologiesen_US
dc.subjectCommunities of Practiceen_US
dc.subjectThin Section Petrographyen_US
dc.subjectX-ray Fluorescence Spectrometryen_US
dc.subjectMorphometricsen_US
dc.subjectRen_US
dc.titleLithic technologies of the Discovery Islands: materials, stone tool production, and communities of skilled practitionersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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