Points and point fragments from Middle Stone Age layers (dated to between 50,000 and
60,000 years ago) from Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, were examined to …

Abstract Stratigraphic Unit 13 of Oscurusciuto Rockshelter (Ginosa, Taranto, Southern Italy)
is a short Mousterian palimpsest representing the first stable occupation of the site soon after …

The results of history lie strewn around us, but we cannot, in principle, directly observe the
processes that produced them. How then can we be scientific about the past! As a general …

Prehistoric flint points often show fractures and scratches. Some of these must be the result
of use (cf. Hester & Heizer 1973, Paulsen 1975, Odelll978, Moss & Newcomer 1982, Barton …

Projectiles have enjoyed a lot of attention over the last few years as an indication of the
existence of hafted hunting technology and as one of the arguments in discussions on …

For many years, intuition and common sense often guided the transference of patterning
ostensibly evident in experimental flintknapping results to interpretations of the …

Despite the considerable attention that archaeologists have given the formal and typological
aspects of prehistoric projectile points, relatively little research has been done concerning …

Two measured and weighed assemblages of lithic debitage were subjected to human
treadage, one set on a compact sandy silt (“loam”) substrate, the other on unconsolidated …

A series of eight replication experiments tests the proposition that human trampling of stone
flakes can produce edge damage that mimics deliberate retouch. Retouchlike edge …

This is a preliminary report on experiments designed to study the effect of stratigraphically
invisible minor movement of artifacts in the sediment on flint surfaces. The hypothesis was …