Chapter I11 discusses research questions that Ahler believes are appropriate in studies of lithic procurement areas. Organized into eleven broad topics, the list of specific questions is exhaustive. Possible strategies to pursue in answering many of these questions are outlined.
Chapter IV describes fieldwork at site 32DU508. The site consists of a quarry area (with a t least 40 welldefined quarry pits), and an adjacent knoll used for lithic reduction (recognized by pitted anvil stones and high concentrations of subsurface artifacts recovered during systematic augering). Test pits were situated in these two areas so as to maximize the information obtained in the brief time available. The stratigraphy of the site was complex and variable due to erosion and wind deposition, and to multiple episodes of quarrying, including reworking of spoil piles in search of flint cobbles overlooked by earlier peoples. Descriptions and profile drawings are satisfactory, but the results of textural analyses are inexplicably hidden in a later chapter, amid descriptions of cores, pottery, and vertebrate remains.
Chapter V approaches the subject of artifact and material analysis first from a theoretical standpoint, then discusses the analytical techniques employed and the artifact types recovered. The latter include tested raw material, freehand hard hammer cores, bipolar cores, and bifacial tools discarded prior to completion. Hammerstones and possible stone and bone digging tools were present, though not abundant. The excellent photographs and clear definitions in this chapter make it a valuable resource for students of lithic technology.
Chapter VI brings stratigraphic data and analytical