For many years, intuition and common sense often guided the transference of patterning ostensibly evident in experimental flintknapping results to interpretations of the archaeological record, with little emphasis placed on hypothesis testing, experimental variables, experimental design, or statistical analysis of data. Today, archaeologists routinely take steps to address these issues. We build on these modern efforts by reviewing several important uses of replication experiments: (1) as a means of testing a question, hypothesis, or assumption about certain parameters of stone-tool technology; (2) as a model, in which information from empirically documented situations is used to generate predictions; and (3) as a means of validating analytical methods. This review highlights the important strategic role that stone artifact replication experiments must continue to play in further developing a scientific approach to archaeology.

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测试、模型和方法验证：实验石制品复制在假设驱动的考古学中的作用

多年来，直觉和常识经常指导将实验打火机结果中表面上明显的模式转移到考古记录的解释上，很少强调假设检验、实验变量、实验设计或数据的统计分析。今天，考古学家经常采取措施来解决这些问题。我们通过回顾复制实验的几个重要用途建立在这些现代努力的基础上：(1) 作为测试关于石器技术某些参数的问题、假设或假设的手段；(2) 作为模型，其中来自经验记录情况的信息用于生成预测；(3) 作为验证分析方法的手段。