With over 200 peer-reviewed papers published over the last 20 years, 3D modelling is no
longer a gimmick but an established and increasingly common analytical tool for stone …

The use-wear analysis of lithic projectiles of the late prehistoric period reflects both
functional and social information. In this study, results of the use-wear analysis of more than …

An important central European phenomenon at the end of the Early Bronze Age/beginning
of the Middle Bronze Age was the use of fortified hilltop positions (Ettel 2015). The objective …

One of the largest assemblages of lithic projectiles in the eastern part of Central Europe
comes from the Nitra burial ground in Holešov–Zdražilovska. Use-wear and ballistic analysis …

The total entry area of a projectile to the impacted object is a key ballistic parameter of lithic
projectiles. Together with the assumed or experimentally testified penetration depth, it forms …

At Supraśl 3 in north-eastern Poland, four Bell Beaker features contained small quantities of
burnt and highly fragmented human and animal bones and various, mostly fragmented …

Lithic archery projectiles during the short timespan at the end of the Eneolithic period and
the beginning of the Bronze Age in Europe have alternately been deemed hunting …

The lowland settlement in Hosty was one of the most important nodal points on the long-
distance trade route mediating, eg the transfer of the east Alpine copper to the north or the …

This thesis is a pilot study, designed to test and develop methods suitable for the study of
Scandinavian flint spearhead functionality. The functionality of projectile and lithic point …