Anth 140
Lab 3
Summer 2007
Lab 3: Ceramic and Lithic Analysis
Name:
ID:
Station 1: Flakes (not the kind who don’t show up for class…losers.)
1. Draw a sketch of a flake, and label five different parts of the flake.
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2. Explain the difference between soft hammer and hard hammer percussion.
3. What types of rocks are the best for making chipped stone tools?
4. The practice of producing lithic tools is generally termed:
a. hard-hammering
b. flintknapping
c. flaking
d. obsidian reduction
Anth 140
Lab 3
Summer 2007
5. In order to fine-tune the shape of a flake you would use:
a. antler for pressure flaking
b. hammerstone
c. wood for soft hammer
d. all of the above
Station 2: Projectile Points
***For this station, feel free to open the container to see the artifact. Please make sure
that you return the artifact to the same container and that you do NOT handle the
projectile point unless you are holding it over a mat!***
6. Please sketch a projectile point and answer the following questions. Indicate
which projectile point you are sketching. Projectile Point number______
a) Biface or Uniface?
.
b) Provide the projectile point base shape using the morphology index from the
handout: ______________________
c) Draw a sketch of this artifact
cm
Anth 140
Lab 3
Summer 2007
7. Please sketch a projectile point and answer the following questions. Indicate
which projectile point you are sketching.
Projectile Point number______
a) Biface or Uniface?
.
b) Provide the projectile point base shape using the morphology index from the
handout: ______________________
c) Draw a sketch of this artifact
cm
8. True or False: Different regions can have different names for very similar-looking
projectile point types.
9. Which of the following is not an important characteristic for describing a projectile
point:
a. size
b. shape
c. raw material
d. color
Anth 140
Lab 3
Summer 2007
Station 3: Groundstone
10. Draw a sketch of a piece of groundstone. Describe what you think the function of
this piece is. Please indicate which artifact you are describing.
11. Draw a sketch of a piece of groundstone. Describe what you think the function of
this piece is. Please indicate which artifact you are describing.
12. Describe the difference between pecking and grinding when groundstone tools.
Anth 140
Lab 3
Summer 2007
13. What is the difference between groundstone and flaked tools?
Station 4: Ceramics
14. Draw a sketch of the ceramic sherd of your choice and describe its morphology and
surface treatment. Please indicate which sherd you are describing.
15. What is the difference between paste and temper?
16. What type of surface treatment results in a glassy surface?
17. What can size tell us about a ceramic vessel?
Anth 140
Lab 3
Summer 2007
18. The following is an example of a ceramic vessel. Please indicate the location of the
rim, neck, shoulder, body, and base.
19. Take a look at a core of ceramic sherd (cross section) under the microscope and draw
a sketch. Then, answer the following questions.
Sample ID:
.
Temper : 1. Quartz, 2. Olivine, 3. Other
If the temper is olivine,
Color of Olivine (circle all you saw) 1. Green, 2. Tan, 3. Red, 4. Yellow, 4. Black .
Surface Treatment : 1. Corrugated, 2. Plainware, 3. Painted (Black-on-Gray)
Body Part : 1. Body, 2. Rim, 3. Bottom