Introduction / Erik J. Marsh and Jeffrey R. Ferguson -- Understanding ceramic manufacturing technology : the role of experimental archaeology / Karen G. Harry -- Ceramic vessel use and use alteration : insights from experimental archaeology / Margaret E. Beck -- Flake debris and flintknapping experimentation / Philip J. Carr and Andrew P. Bradbury -- Conducting experimental research as a basis for microwear analysis / Douglas B. Bamforth -- Experimental heat alteration of lithic raw materials / Robert J. Jeske, Daniel M. Winkler, and Dustin Blodgett -- Understanding grinding technology through experimentation / Jenny L. Adams -- Retrieving the perishable past : experimentation in fiber artifact studies / Edward A. Jolie and Maxine E. McBrinn -- Weapon trials : the Atlatl and experiments in hunting technology / John Whittaker -- Replicating bone tools and other fauno technologies / Leland C. Bement -- Experimental zooarchaeology : research direction and methods / Patrick M. Lubinski and Brian S. Shaffer.