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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 ...
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Archive Report: Lithics from Cnoc an Fhoimheir, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, Tiree [PDF]
, 2018 An analysis of the lithic assemblage from the excavations undertaken by Calluna Archaeology at Cnoc an Fhoimheir, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol ...
Wright, Dene
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Lithic economies and community organization at La Laguna, Tlaxcala [PDF]
, 2016 Site-wide, assemblage-based lithic analyses help to elucidate community dynamics including variability in domestic economies, technological skill and decision making, exchange networks, and ritual practices.
Carballo, David M., Walton, David P.
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Beauly Sub-Station, Beauly, Highland. Archive Report: the lithic assemblage (4004161) [PDF]
, 2015 An analysis of the lithic assemblage from the excavations undertaken by Northlight Heritage at Beauly Sub ...
Wright, Dene
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Animal residues found on tiny Lower Paleolithic tools reveal their use in butchery [PDF]
, 2019 Stone tools provide a unique window into the mode of adaptation and cognitive abilities of Lower Paleolithic early humans. The persistently produced large cutting tools (bifaces/handaxes) have long been an appealing focus of research in the ...
Agam, Aviad +5 more
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The Iceman's lithic toolkit: Raw material, technology, typology and use. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy recovered at the Tisenjoch (South Tyrol, Italy) together with his clothes and personal equipment, represents a unique opportunity for prehistoric research.
Ursula Wierer +7 more
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Book review: Fractures in Knapping
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016 The book 'Fractures in Knapping' by Are Tsirk (2014) is apropos at a time when ‘shape matching’ to typological holotypes is de rigueur. Thus, a book that outlines the fractographic and fracture mechanic principles behind chaîne opératoire and ...
Paul Richard Preston
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Revista de Arqueologia, 2010 On this paper we show records of Pleistocene fauna from the archaeological site of PayPaso 1, located near of the Quarai River. On this site we recovered two extinct species, Equus sp. (ancient horse) e Glyptodon sp.
Rafael Suárez, Guaciara M. Santos
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The Archaeology of the Archaic Periods in East Texas [PDF]
, 2016 The archaeology of the Archaic periods—Early, ca. 10,000–8000 years B.P., Middle, ca. 8000–5000 years B.P., and Late, ca. 5000–2500 years B.P.—in East Texas is not well understood in broad terms, although valuable information on the archaeological ...
Perttula, Timothy K.
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Origin of a metamorphosed lithic clast in CM chondrite Grove Mountains 021536 [PDF]
, 2010 A metamorphosed lithic clast was discovered in the CM chondrite Grove Mountains 021536, which was collected in the Antarctica by the Chinese Antarctic Research Exploration team.
Guan, Yunbin +4 more
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