中文摘要：

本文回顾了石器分析方法的发展与演变,追溯了类型学的诞生与发展过程,介绍了操作链的缘起,并对它所存在的问题及发展方向进行了讨论。对于从操作链研究中演化出的两大分支——技术心理（认知）学与技术经济学,文章主要介绍了技术经济学研究的内容与具体操作方法。作者认为旧石器考古学对石制品的研究经过多年的发展,已经包含了从宏观到微观的多个层面多种分析方法,任何一种孤立的方法都无法全面的将石制品所蕴含的人类信息提取,只有以关联的思维,以人类行为为研究目标,结合类型学、操作链、定量、定性、宏观、微观多种方法,整合不同研究方法所获得的成果,才能最大程度的获取古人类行为信息,这也正是操作链所秉持的整体和联系的理念。

英文摘要：

With its rich artifact collections of the Paleolithic, archaeologists use a variety of methods to derive information on human technological behavior from this period. This article reviews the development of lithic analysis, including the birth and evolutionary process of lithic typology. As well the origin, problems and use of the chafne operatoire are also discussed. A techno-economical approach is also introduced. Author stress whatever macro-typology, chafne operatoire, microwear, residue analysis, is necessary to assess human behavior. Intergrating different methods in lithic analysis is the future direction..