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Lithic Technological Evolution
2023Abstract Hominins have relied upon lithic technology since approximately 3.3 million years ago. Given its importance and durability, lithic technology provides the most extensive record of human technological behaviour. Studies of lithic technological evolution can thus provide insights into broader processes of human biological (e.g ...
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2016
In this chapter the evolution of lithic technology during the Paleoeskimo period is explored. The diversity of lithic raw materials is considered, as well as how they have been extracted and transformed into tool blanks. This was done mainly through the production of flakes and microblades, followed by the making of a wide range of tools. The evolution
Mikkel Sørensen, Pierre Desrosiers
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In this chapter the evolution of lithic technology during the Paleoeskimo period is explored. The diversity of lithic raw materials is considered, as well as how they have been extracted and transformed into tool blanks. This was done mainly through the production of flakes and microblades, followed by the making of a wide range of tools. The evolution
Mikkel Sørensen, Pierre Desrosiers
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2008
The life history of stone tools is intimately linked to tool production, use and maintenance. These are important processes in the organization of lithic technology, or the manner in which lithic technology is embedded within human organizational strategies of land use and subsistence practices.
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The life history of stone tools is intimately linked to tool production, use and maintenance. These are important processes in the organization of lithic technology, or the manner in which lithic technology is embedded within human organizational strategies of land use and subsistence practices.
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Measuring the Complexity of Lithic Technology
Current Anthropology, 2013Assessments of the complexity of lithic technologies coming from different time periods, regions, or hominid species are recurrent features of the literature on Paleolithic archaeology. Yet the notion of lithic complexity is often defined intuitively and qualitatively, which can easily lead to circular arguments and makes difficult the comparison of ...
Charles Perreault +4 more
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Archaeology in Oceania, 2000
AbstractAlthough a great deal of information exists about the types of stone implements made by Aboriginal Tasmanians, their stone technology is largely undescribed. Two studies initiated by Forestry Tasmania provided the opportunity to examine Tasmanian lithic technology in eastern Tasmania and the Southern Forests. The results of the studies indicate
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AbstractAlthough a great deal of information exists about the types of stone implements made by Aboriginal Tasmanians, their stone technology is largely undescribed. Two studies initiated by Forestry Tasmania provided the opportunity to examine Tasmanian lithic technology in eastern Tasmania and the Southern Forests. The results of the studies indicate
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Ethnoarchaeology and the Organization of Lithic Technology
Journal of Archaeological Research, 2012Although the modern production and use of stone tools is rare, ethnoarchaeological research on this subject has provided important perspectives on methodological approaches to archaeological lithic analysis. Recent ethnoarchaeological research on lithics frequently takes the form of “cautionary tales,” warning against the primacy of functional ...
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Dynamic Approaches to Teaching Lithic Technology
Ethnoarchaeology, 2010AbstractAnthropology departments in universities and museums do not always have a staff member trained in flintknapping. This can be problematic because aspects of flaked stone technology can be difficult to illustrate to students and the public without replicative demonstrations. Fortunately, there has been a recent florescence of flintknapping videos
Metin Eren +3 more
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Lithic technology of Mujina pećina
2015Mujina pećina, located in Dalmatia, Croatia, is the only systematically excavated and well- dated Middle Palaeolithic cave site in coastal Croatia. The stratigraphic sequence covers the period between 45 and 39 uncalibrated years ka and consists of layers B, C, D1 and D2, from which the lithic artifacts have already been analyzed technologically, and ...
Šprem, Katarina +2 more
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The Organization of Lithic Technology at Qafzeh
1992Abstract The analyses of the lithic assemblages of Qafzeh followed the logic of “reverse engineering” (see chapter 2; discussed specifically in relation to lithics and Levallois Vaking by Hovers 1997; Sandgathe 2005, among others). The sets of analyses presented in the previous chapters attempted to accomplish the Erst of two stages ...
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Palaeoeskimo Lithic Technology: Constraints and Adaptation
Lithic Technology, 2007AbstractThe concept of the chaine operatoire is a practical one when considering complex lithic technology. The concept was conceived through the development of the anthropology of techniques and the psychological sciences. For more than five years; Palaeoeskimo lithic technology in Nunavik (Eastern Arctic) was examined following this concept, which ...
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