A pan-European dataset revealing variability in lithic technology, toolkits, and artefact shapes ~15-11 kya. [PDF]
Sci Data, 2023 Comparative macro-archaeological investigations of the human deep past rely on the availability of unified, quality-checked datasets integrating different layers of observation.
Hussain ST +17 more
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Journal of Lithic Studies, 2022 The technogenetic approach in the field of prehistoric lithic technology studies originated in the late 1980s. Traditional approaches, such as typology and production technology, have tended to approach prehistoric lithic objects through their socio ...
Louis De Weyer +4 more
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Homo sapiens lithic technology and microlithization in the South Asian rainforest at Kitulgala Beli-lena (c. 45 - 8,000 years ago). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Recent archaeological investigations in Sri Lanka have reported evidence for the exploitation and settlement of tropical rainforests by Homo sapiens since c. 48,000 BP.
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Materiality, Agency and Evolution of Lithic Technology: an Integrated Perspective for Palaeolithic Archaeology. [PDF]
J Archaeol Method Theory, 2021 Considerations of materiality and object-oriented approaches have greatly influenced the development of archaeological theory in recent years. Yet, Palaeolithic archaeology has been slow in incorporating this emerging body of scholarship and exploring ...
Hussain ST, Will M.
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Cache and Carry: lithic technology and Mesolithic mobility
Internet Archaeology, 2009 Using chipped stone data derived from the analyses of trans-Pennine Mesolithic assemblages and Clark's (1954) Star Carr assemblage, this article will examine the influence of lithic technology within the mobility strategies of the Mesolithic hunter ...
Paul R. Preston
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Characterizing the Late Pleistocene MSA Lithic Technology of Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Studies of the African Middle Stone Age (MSA) have become central for defining the cultural adaptations that accompanied the evolution of modern humans.
Manuel Will +2 more
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A critical assessment of the Protoaurignacian lithic technology at Fumane Cave and its implications for the definition of the earliest Aurignacian. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 In the scenario of the spread of the anatomically modern humans (AMHs) into Europe, the techno-complex known as Protoaurignacian is defined by the production of blades and bladelets within a single and continuous stone knapping sequence from the same ...
Falcucci A, Conard NJ, Peresani M.
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Insights into early lithic technologies from ethnography [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015 Oldowan lithic assemblages are often portrayed as a product of the need to obtain sharp flakes for cutting into animal carcases. However, ethnographic and experimental research indicates that the optimal way to produce flakes for such butchering purposes is via bipolar reduction of small cryptocrystalline pebbles rather than from larger crystalline ...
Brian Hayden
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Robert J. Patten (1944–2017): Life, Legacy, and Contributions to Archaeology, Lithic Technology, and Flintknapping [PDF]
Lithic Technology, 2019 Robert J. Patten passed away suddenly on February 8, 2017. His influence on flintknapping, lithic technology, and archaeology, however, continues on. Here, we review Patten’s life and myriad contributions.
Metin I. Eren, Lauren E. Patten
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Going big versus going small: Lithic miniaturization in hominin lithic technology
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 2019 AbstractLithic miniaturization was one of our Pleistocene ancestors' more pervasive stone tool production strategies and it marks a key difference between human and non‐human tool use. Frequently equated with “microlith” production, lithic miniaturization is a more complex, variable, and evolutionarily consequential phenomenon involving small backed ...
Justin Pargeter, John J. Shea
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