Forbis, Richard G.Poplin, Eric C.2005-07-212005-07-2119860315300159http://hdl.handle.net/1880/22948Bibliography: p. 408-428.This study examines the roles of expedient and curated (or formal) artefacts for extracting information from the archaeological record. Using these concepts of technological organization, certain hypotheses concerning assemblage characteristics are examined. Glass sherds used as woodworking tools by North Americans of European descent provide the opportunity for addressing these concepts in an archaeological setting. Use-wear analyses of glass edges damaged through experiments are employed to identify patterns of damage associated with woodworking and a number of post-depositional activities which may alter glass sherds. The data resulting from these analyses are manipulated through a series of multivariate procedures in an effort to create a model for the identification of used glass sherds. This analytical process provides techniques and results which can be employed by other analysts. Collections of materials from four historic sites in Alberta are processed through this model to identify the used sherds. The relationships of these "tools" to formal artefact types are employed to address the theoretical relationships of artefacts to the human behaviour responsible for their creation and deposition.xiv, 428 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.TT 186 P64 1987Woodworking tools - AlbertaExcavations (Archaeology) - AlbertaArchaeology - MethodologyGlassdoctoral thesis10.11575/PRISM/23336TT 186 P64 1987