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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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Going big versus going small: Lithic miniaturization in hominin lithic technology
Evolutionary Anthropology, 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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Reconstructing flexible pathways of Aurignacian blade and bladelet production at Vogelherd. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe beginning of the Upper Paleolithic represents a key period in human history. At this time, we can grasp the technological concepts that Homo sapiens used in the early Upper Paleolithic.
Benjamin Schürch +2 more
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A Critical Analysis on the Book Technology of Knapped Stone [PDF]
پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی, 2021 The only translated book into Persian about the classification of archaeological chipped stones is one of the most important technical books named Technology of Knapped Stone by M. Louise-Inizan and colleagues.
Mozhgan Jayez
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Regional patterns of diachronic technological change in the Howiesons Poort of southern Africa.
PLoS ONE, 2020 The Howiesons Poort (HP) of southern Africa plays an important role in models on the early behavioral evolution of Homo sapiens. The HP is often portrayed as a coherent MSA industry characterized by early complex material culture.
Manuel Will, Nicholas J Conard
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Here, we present a new method to scan a large number of lithic artefacts using three-dimensional scanning technology. Despite the rising use of high-resolution 3D surface scanners in archaeological sciences, no virtual studies have focused on the 3D ...
Dominik Göldner +2 more
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IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2020 Lithic technology is an uncommon research tool for investigating the Neolithic lithic industries of northern Italy. In fact, our knowledge about the lithic industries of this period is mainly related to typological descriptions.
Fabio Santaniello +4 more
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Теория и практика археологических исследований, 2021 he focus of this investigation is on the technology of micro-percussion in the Upper Paleolithic of Mongolia. Micro-percussion is defined as the entire assemblage of lithic artifacts associated with the production of microblades.
А.В. Табарев +1 more
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Tool production and indicators of polyvalent economies during the Upper Holocene in the Jericoacoara 1 archaeological site, Jericoacoara Coastal Plain, West Coast of the State of Ceará, Brazil [PDF]
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 2022 The main goal of this study is to offer a preliminary characterization of the lithic industry of Jericoacoara 1, an Upper Holocene archaeological site located in the dune fields of the Jericoacoara National Park on the west coast of the state of Ceará ...
Thalison Santos +1 more
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Aztec obsidian industries [PDF]
, 2016 Obsidian was the primary lithic or stone material used for cutting activities in Aztec society, including domestic food production, craft production, hunting, warfare, and ritual.
Carballo, David M., Pastrana, Alejandro
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