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Lithic Technological Organization in the Changbai Mountains at the Onset of the Last Glacial Maximum: A Case Study of Assemblages from the Lower Layers of the Helong Dadong Site (27-24 Ka) Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Xu Ting, Li Yao, Ge Junyi, Zhao Hailong, Chen Hong
Lithic artifacts from the lower layers of the Helong Dadong site (27-24 Ka cal BP) in the Changbai Mountains were examined to elucidate the technological organization of prehistoric hunter-gatherer...
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Experimental Investigation of Knapping Characteristics of Dolerite and Implications for the Interpretation of Middle Stone Age Technologies Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Elena T. Moos, Gregor D. Bader, Manuel Will
This study examines knapping techniques in the production of stone tools made on dolerite to understand the knapping characteristics of this igneous tool stone. Extensive experimental research exis...
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Petrology and Provenance Study of Stone Artifacts from the Mesolithic Cave of Kouvaras in Attica: A Preliminary Report Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Katerina Theodorakopoulou, Fanis Mavridis, Antigoni Papadea, Maria Perraki, Nikos Zacharias, Eleni Palamara
This paper focuses on the lithology and raw material provenance of stone artifacts discovered in the prehistoric cave of Kouvaras in Eastern Attica, dating back to the 10th-9th millennia B.C. The s...
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A Strategic Approach to Stone Tool Economy: An Example from Southwest Germany Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Michael Jochim
The acquisition and use of stone raw materials by prehistoric groups requires many strategic decisions that affect various costs and benefits. These decisions entail consideration of a number of ch...
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Victoria West-like Core Technology from Fengshudao, an Early–Middle Pleistocene Site in Bose Basin, South China Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Chun Tian, Wei Liao, Shuning Zhang, Ziyang Meng, Christopher J. Bae, Wei Wang
The Victoria West core technology (VWCT) has long been regarded as an important and uniquely prepared core tradition in the Acheulean. This technology is currently the earliest prepared core techno...
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Morphological Variability in Micoquian Convergent Tools: A Case Study in Mezmaiskaya Cave, Northwestern Caucasus Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Ivan G. Shirobokov, Ekaterina V. Doronicheva
The northwestern Caucasus is part of the Eastern Micoquian cultural area. The Micoquian assemblages in this region include tool types that are defined as small broad handaxes, Mousterian points, co...
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Recycling and Implications for Neanderthal Productive Strategies in the Stratigraphic Unit viii of the El Salt Rockshelter (Alcoi, Eastern Iberia) Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Alejandro Mayor, Santiago Sossa-Ríos, Manuel Vaquero, Cristo M. Hernández
Recycling was an activity carried out by ancient hunter-gatherer populations. It has been demonstrated by many studies on this matter. However, there are main issues in relation to it that are stil...
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Description, Microwear, and Morphometrics of Clovis and Possible-Clovis Lithic Artifacts from the Kasten Site, Erie County, Ohio, USA Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Metin I. Eren, Michelle R. Bebber, Brian G. Redmond, Paul Kasten, G. Logan Miller, Briggs Buchanan, Matthew T. Boulanger
The Kasten Site is a multicomponent plowzone site in Erie County, Ohio that possesses a Late Pleistocene Clovis lithic assemblage. Here, we describe the late Pleistocene Clovis, and possible-Clovis...
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Use-wear and Technological Analysis of the Knapped Lithic Assemblage from the Early Bronze Age Hut of Calicantone (Sicily, Italy) Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Paolo Sferrazza, Pietro Militello
The archaeological site of Calicantone (Sicily, Italy) is known since the 1970s for its necropolis. In 2012, after a survey, archaeologists found close to the necropolis a bi-apsidal hut. The use-w...
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New Data for Asymmetric Core Reduction in Western Tian Shan Piedmonts: The Ertash Sai 2 Open-Air Site Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Małgorzata Kot, Sergey Kogai, Galina Pavlenok, Natalia Gryczewska, Greta Brancaleoni, Maciej T. Krajcarz, Piotr Moska, Michał Leloch, Mukhiddin Khudjanazarov, Karol Szymczak, Gayrathon Muhtarov, Konstantin Pavlenok
This study describes a multi-proxy approach toward a newly discovered open-air loess site, Ertash Sai 2, located in the western piedmonts of the Tian Shan in Uzbekistan. Technological analyzes enab...
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PROJECTILE Point Stem Repairs. Some Examples from Southeastern South America Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Daniel Loponte, Mirian Carbonera, Hugo Nami
This study explores the reworking of projectile point stems by hunter-gatherers in southeastern South America. Techniques employed to rework stems included pressure and percussion flaking and, even...
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Technological and Protein Residue Analysis on Ancient Stemmed Projectile Points of the Southern Andes Highlands Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Rodrigo Loyola, Patricio López-Mendoza, Carlos Carrasco, Cam Walker, John Fagan, Víctor Méndez, Francisca Santana-Sagredo, Valentina Flores, Angélica Soto
We present the results of technological and protein residue analyses of the lithic assemblages recovered at the Pedernales-38 site (26.5°S; 69°W), located in the highlands of the southern Andes (33...
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The Implements of the Blade House: The Function and Symbolic Significance of Laurel-leaf Bifaces from Caves in Central Belize Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 W. James Stemp, Jaime J. Awe, Christophe Helmke
The ancient Maya produced chipped chert and obsidian tools for inclusion in religious rituals as both symbolic and/or functional implements. In this paper, we discuss one particular form of these s...
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Criteria for Identifying Knapping Skill Level Through the Analysis of Lithic Cores: An Example from Val Lastari, Late Palaeolithic, Italy Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Gloria Cattabriga, Marco Peresani
The application of knapping skill analysis has increased over the years, starting from the 1980s and, by now, being employed all over the world on different material cultures and chronological peri...
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Transformation and Sustainability Within Levallois Reduction Strategy of Sürmecik, Western Anatolia/Aegean Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Göknur Karahan, Kadriye Özçelik, Harun Taşkiran
Sürmecik, which today has the largest collection in Turkey with 86,246 lithics, is a Paleolithic open-air site located in Western Anatolia/Aegean discovered by chance approximately 5 m below the su...
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Revisiting the “Mahadevian”: A Typo-technological Reanalysis of the Lithic Assemblages of Mahadeo Piparia, Central Narmada Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Akash Srinivas, Vivek Singh
Mahadeo Piparia, an open-air Palaeolithic site, is considered as a possible Mode 1 techno-complex. It is the type-site for the “Mahadevian” pebble-tool complex, a possible root for an indigenous ev...
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Exploring the Gross-Edge Curvature of Experimentally Produced Preferential Levallois Debitage Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Somaye Khaksar, Briggs Buchanan, Metin I. Eren, Gilbert Tostevin
Flaked stone reduced via a Levallois, or Levallois-like, sequence potentially provided benefits to hominins in terms of flake morphology and economy relative to other sequences. But such benefits d...
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Variable Perspectives on “Standardization in the Stone Age” Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Justin Pargeter, Huw S. Groucutt
Published in Lithic Technology (Vol. 48, No. 4, 2023)
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The Identification of Jade Work Sawing Microwear Marks and Archaeological Implications for Prehistoric Technology in North China Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Shuwen Ma, Jian Zhang, Wei Du, Longlong Zheng, Tianxing Cui, Songan Jin
Understanding the evolution of jade work techniques remains a central issue in the study of prehistoric cultural dynamics and social complexity, and North China in particular witnessed the emergenc...
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Contributions and Limitations of a Technomorphometric Approach for Cleavers: The Case of Lanne-Darré (Hautes-Pyrénées) Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Juliette Capdevielle, David Colonge
Research relating to cleavers can help to characterize the Middle Pleistocene European technocultural landscape, via a technomorphometric approach that provides insights into this tool’s composite ...
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Chipped Stone Finds Along the Anatolian Black Sea Coast: Tekkeköy-A Shelter, Samsun, Turkey Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Metin Kartal
The archaeological studies in the Black Sea Region of Turkey have long been neglected in comparison to other regions in the country. Despite increasing numbers of excavations and surveys regarding ...
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North American Clovis Point Form and Performance V: An Experimental Assessment of Spear Thrusting Penetration Depth and Entry Wound Size Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Jacob Baldino, Scott McKinny, Jaymes Taylor, Michael Wilson, Briggs Buchanan, Robert S. Walker, Brett Story, Michelle R. Bebber, Metin I. Eren
This study is an assessment of Clovis spear thrusting penetration depth and entry wound size. This work is the fifth contribution in a series of experiments aimed at shedding light on the functiona...
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Broad-Spectrum Foraging, Trade, and Lithic Technology: A First Approach to the Slab Stone Tools from Prehispanic Sierras of Córdoba, Argentina Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Gisela Sario, Marcos Salvatore, Florencia Costantino, Sebastián Pastor, Matías E. Medina
The article presents the study of the slab stone tools collected at the San Roque locality (Sierras of Córdoba, Argentina), a poorly known tool type that merits more detailed studies. . The assembl...
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The “Stubby” Deer Antler Billet: Examples from the Oklahoma Plains Woodland Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Leland C. Bement, John E. Hueffed, Kristi L. Wyatt
Two short antler billets found on the floor of a storage/refuse pit at site 34WD130 in northwestern Oklahoma provide archaeological evidence for the intentional use of “stubby” billets in flintknap...
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New Analysis of Unifacially Shaped Technology from the Tropical Lowlands of Colombia Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Marina González-Varas, Carlos E. López, Martha C. Cano
The Middle Magdalena River Valley in central Colombia provides evidence of early human occupation between 13000 and 12000 cal BP during the global Younger Dryas period, characterized by mixed lithi...
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Archaeological and Experimental Data from the Bipolar-on-Anvil Debitage in the Middle Paleolithic Site of Los Aljezares (Aspe, Alicante, Spain) Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Margarita Vadillo Conesa, Aleix Eixea, Jaime Cuevas-González, Davinia Díez-Canseco
ABSTRACT Bipolar debitage has been documented in different chronocultural and geographical contexts. In this paper, we analyze the implications of this type of exploitation in a Middle Paleolithic context where it has rarely been recognized. The observation of the archaeological materials is combined with a geological characterization, which has made it possible to determine the qualities and original
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Heat Treatment of Chert in the Early Mesolithic at Rottenburg-Siebenlinden (Southwest Germany) Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Hannah Huber, Yvonne Tafelmaier, Claus-Joachim Kind, Patrick Schmidt
Unambiguous evidence for heat treatment in the Early Mesolithic of Southwestern Germany is thus far restricted to one type of raw material and to cave sites of the Swabian Jura region. At the open-...
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Middle Holocene Lithic Technological Organization and Upland Land Use in the Upper Susitna River Basin, Alaska Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 John C. Blong
The middle Holocene period is marked by an apparent increase in the use of upland subsistence resources across North America. This pattern has also been observed in the uplands of central Alaska; h...
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Function, Style, and Standardization: Is the Proximal or Distal End of a Middle Stone Age Point More Variable? Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Benjamin J. Schoville, Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise, Erik Otárola-Castillo, Jayne Wilkins
Middle Stone Age (MSA) point styles may reflect the development of regional identities of human social groups. MSA people likely used these points for various functions including as weapon tips. Re...
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Understanding Chipped Stone Drills from an Iroquoian Village Site Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 William Engelbrecht, Sean Hanrahan, Roderick B. Salisbury
Eighty-one complete chipped stone drills and 115 drill fragments were recovered from excavations at the Eaton site in western New York. The major occupation was an Iroquoian village dating to the m...
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Nieborowa – Campsites of a Mesolithic Community in the Context of Spatial-Functional Studies (Poland). Interpretation of the Settlement Model Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Tomasz Boroń, Małgorzata Winiarska-Kabacińska
The reconstruction of the spatial organisation of Mesolithic camps was presented using the example of two selected concentrations of flints from a site located in central eastern Poland. The basis ...
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Raw Material Consumption Strategies in Holocenic Hunter-Fisher-Gatherer Groups from the South-Eastern Coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina): A Use-Wear Perspective. Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Ivan Briz i Godino, Nélida M. Pal, Myrian R. Álvarez
Hunter-fisher-gatherer societies who inhabited the south-eastern Atlantic Coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) exploited a wide range of local raw materials that includes, among oth...
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Principles of Modern Artistic Design in Late Pleistocene Clovis Stone Biface Technology Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Michelle R. Bebber
For nearly a century, scholars and avocationals alike have been fascinated with Late Pleistocene North American Clovis lithic technology. Of interest here is that, although a magnitude of research ...
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Uniformity and Diversity in Handaxe Shape at the End of the Acheulean in Southwest Asia Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-24 Ceri Shipton, Huw S. Groucutt, Eleanor Scerri, Michael D. Petraglia
This study examines parameters, causes, and spatio-temporal patterns of handaxe shape variation from Tabun cave in the Levant, and Khall Amayshan 4B and Khabb Musayyib in northern Arabia. These ass...
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Standardization of Nubian Levallois Technology in Dhofar, Southern Arabia Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Huw S. Groucutt, Jeffrey I. Rose
The characteristics and distribution of “Nubian
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Geometric Morphometric Analyses of Levallois Points from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic do not Support Functional Specialization Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Briggs Buchanan, Marcus J. Hamilton, Danielle Macdonald, James Blinkhorn, Huw S. Groucutt, Metin I. Eren, Steven L. Kuhn
Levallois points are a prominent part of many Levantine Middle Paleolithic assemblages. They are either produced intentionally or incidentally by the Levallois core reduction technique and are of a...
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Recycling Neolithic Axes: An Experiment Re-using Polished Axes as a Flint Source for the Creation of Small Tools Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Lasse van den Dikkenberg, Diederik Pomstra, Annelou van Gijn
In the western Netherlands Neolithic axes are hardly ever found in a complete state. Flint is scarce in this area and when these axes were exhausted, or when they broke during use, they were often ...
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Variability in Silcrete Heat Treatment at Klein Kliphuis Shelter, South Africa, and Its Role in Core Reduction Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Patrick Schmidt, Peter Hiscock, Alex Mackay
Silcrete heat treatment was the earliest known transformative process enhancing the mechanical properties of materials. Its study has implications for our understanding of the cultural evolution of...
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Is It Worth It? A Review of Plant Residue Analysis on Knapped Lithic Artifacts Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Debora Zurro, Charusmita Gadekar
Residue analysis has become the go-to analysis for archaeologists in recent years. This review, focusing on the plant remains as residues from knapped lithic tools, has been carried out to understa...
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The Knapping of Quartz Crystals during the Later Stone Age at Matupi Cave, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Isis Isabella Mesfin
Matupi Cave, located in the Ituri rainforest, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been long considered an early example of Later Stone Age quartz microlithism in equatorial Africa from >...
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Functional Perspectives on Lithic Standardization Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Noora Taipale, Veerle Rots
Functional data accumulated over the recent decades confirm that tool use mechanics, working edge maintenance, and hafting are important factors determining stone tool form. Yet such data are rarel...
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The Upper Paleolithic of Zagros Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Setareh Shafizadeh, Ben Marwick
Published in Lithic Technology (Vol. 49, No. 1, 2024)
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La pierre et son ombre: Épistémologie de la Préhistoire Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-12 Yuduan Zhou
Published in Lithic Technology (Vol. 49, No. 1, 2024)
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Skill and Core Uniformity: An Experiment with Oldowan-like Flaking Systems Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Evan Patrick Wilson, Dietrich Stout, Cheng Liu, Megan Beney Kilgore, Justin Pargeter
The Oldowan is the archaeological record’s oldest consistent evidence of hominin technical behavior. First appearing ∼2.6 Ma in East Africa, the Oldowan is characterized by simple core and flake te...
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A Simple Experiment Challenges the Inference that Macro-fractures on Chipped-stone Tools are Clear Evidence of High-Velocity Impacts Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 David K. Thulman, Brendan Fenerty
The paradigmatic assumption that prehistoric chipped stone points primarily functioned as hafted armatures of composite hunting weapons is often tested with replicates that are hafted as armatures....
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Technological and Social Strategies for the Acquisition and Exploitation of Long-Distance Lithic Raw Materials in the Central Pampean Dunefields of Argentina Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-29 Pablo G. Messineo, Florencia Santos Valero
The lithic raw material sources in the Pampas of Argentina present a very restricted distribution. This has generated various scenarios linked with the acquisition and conveyance of stones carried ...
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North American Clovis Point Form and Performance IV: An Experimental Assessment of Knife Edge Effectiveness and Wear Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Metin I. Eren, G. Logan Miller, Brett Story, Michael Wilson, Michelle R. Bebber, Briggs Buchanan
This study is an assessment of Clovis knife edge effectiveness and wear. This work is the fourth contribution in a series of experiments aimed at shedding light on the functional performance of dis...
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Mitigating Mishaps: Diachronic Trends in Handaxe Shaping and Knapping Error Management at Amanzi Springs Area 2 (Eastern Cape, South Africa) Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Matthew V. Caruana, Coen G. Wilson, Alexander F. Blackwood, Andy I. R. Herries
Tracing the acquisition of knapping skill in the Acheulian technocomplex is complicated by incomplete records of lithic production. Some studies have turned attention to examining knapping errors a...
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Lithic Standardization and Behavioral Complexity in the Middle Stone Age – A Case Study From Sibhudu, South Africa Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Matthias A. Blessing, Nicholas J. Conard, Manuel Will
The concept of standardization has been applied in archaeological research as a proxy measure for cognitive and behavioral complexity since the late nineteenth century. Here we evaluate these issue...
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Description, Morphometrics, and Microwear of Two Paleoindian Fluted Points from Nebraska and Illinois Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Metin I. Eren, Michelle R. Bebber, Matthew Wendel, G. Logan Miller, Briggs Buchanan
ABSTRACT Two Paleoindian fluted points were recently donated to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The first is a Clovis point from Nuckolls County, Nebraska; the second is a Folsom point from Scott County, Illinois. Here, following our earlier and ongoing efforts to work with avocational archaeologists, citizen scientists, and collectors, we describe these points, compare their morphometrics
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Ghosts in the Room and Elephants in the Machine: Data Acquisition in Surface Texture Analysis of Stone Tools Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-16 W. James Stemp
ABSTRACT This paper is a revised and updated version of the keynote speaker address for the Block 2 Session: “Data Acquisition in Surface Texture Analysis” for the Online Workshop on Quantitative Artifact Microwear Analysis (QAMA) organized by TraCEr–MONREPOS–RGZM (November 25, 2021) in Neuwied, Germany. It discusses a number of issues related to the acquisition of surface data for texture analysis
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Let’s Knap: Experiences in Teaching Lithic Studies in South Asia Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Kumar Akhilesh, Shanti Pappu
ABSTRACT South Asian prehistoric sites have rich and diverse lithic assemblages. The paucity of associated fossil evidence necessitates a strong focus on lithics for studies of hominin cognition. However, pedagogical approaches in Indian prehistory primarily focus on print/online content, wherein students get scarce opportunities to handle artefacts or experience processes of tool manufacture and use
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Using Fire for Woodworking: An Experimental Exploration of Use-Wear on Lithic Tools Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Mariel Bencomo, Paula Jardón
ABSTRACT Throughout prehistoric times, woodworking was an essential activity. We know this because of the existence of preserved wooden objects, as well as the use-wear traces recorded on lithic tools. In general terms, functional studies and experimental programs have aimed to analyze and understand the use-wear traces generated by green and dry wood. However, some of the wood remains preserved across
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Chasing Mirages: Seeking Standardization among Prehistoric Stone Tools Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 John J. Shea
ABSTRACT This paper asks why we expect to find standardization among prehistoric stone tools. It argues this expectation results from early archaeologists’ experience living in industrialized societies, a wild mismatch with the world their Pleistocene forebears inhabited. It further argues that in searching for evidence of lithic standardization, archaeologists must be alert for “mirages,” things that
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How Surprising are Lithic Reduction Strategies? The Information Entropy of the Modes A-I Framework Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Jonathan Paige, Charles Perreault
ABSTRACT How surprising are the contents of lithic assemblages? If an archeologist excavated an archeological site somewhere in Eurasia and uncovered evidence of Levallois core technology, how surprising would it be? The surprise in the content of a new assemblage is a function of what is underground as well as our prior knowledge about prehistory. How improved is our understanding of the past when
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Intercomparison of Form, Size and Allometry in a Million-year-old and Modern Replicated Handaxe Set Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-29 Alastair Key, John A. J. Gowlett
ABSTRACT We report here on an intercomparison between two large handaxe sets – one from a million-year-old site in Africa, the other a modern set made for experimental purposes. Our investigation was designed primarily to determine whether ancient handaxe series have measurable characteristics which tend not to appear in replica sets (and vice versa). We also wished to compare the fields of form variation
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Understanding Chipped Stone Tools Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Görkem Cenk Yeşilova
ABSTRACT This brief review paper is about the latest work of Brian Hayden, which is titled Understanding chipped stone tools. The book provides a summary of his previous works for students. Brian Hayden is a Professor Emeritus in the Archaeology Department at Simon Fraser University-Burnaby and University of British Columbia-Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has worked with leading researchers
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The Neolithization Process in the Lower-Scheldt Basin (Belgium, mid-6th to mid-4th Millennium cal BC) from a Lithic Technological Perspective Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Liesbeth Messiaen, Hans Vandendriessche, Philippe Crombé
ABSTRACT This paper discusses the results of a detailed analysis of the lithic assemblages from four key sites in the Lower-Scheldt basin of NW Belgium in the context of the Neolithization process beyond the agro-pastoral frontier of the European loess area. The study demonstrates both continuity and change in raw material use, lithic technology and the toolkit throughout the 5th and early 4th millennium
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Using Cores as Tools: Use-wear Analysis of Neanderthal Recycling Processes in Level 4 at Prado Vargas (Cornejo, Merindad de Sotoscueva, Burgos, Spain) Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Marta Navazo, Claudia Santamaría, Marta Santamaría
ABSTRACT The life of tools in lithic assemblages from European Middle Paleolithic sites reveal different processes of dilation, such as ramification (the use of a flake as a production matrix, from which a second and sometimes even a third tool is produced) and tool on core (TOC), core on tool (COT) and core on flake (COF) processes, with the presence of resharpening tools and the presence of double
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Comparing the Formation and Characteristics of Use-Wear Traces on Flint, Chert, Dolerite and Quartz Lithic Technology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Alessandro Aleo
ABSTRACT Use-wear traces are considered to be material specific. The use of an appropriate reference collection is thus fundamental for interpreting tools' function. To test whether a flint reference collection can be used to interpret the function of non-flint tools, I conducted experiments using chert, dolerite, and quartz endscrapers and flakes. I compared wear traces obtained during the experiment