[HTML][HTML] The analysis of stone tool procurement, production, and maintenance
W Andrefsky - Journal of archaeological research, 2009 - Springer
Researchers who analyze stone tools and their production debris have made significant
progress in understanding the relationship between stone tools and human organizational …
progress in understanding the relationship between stone tools and human organizational …
Operationalizing niche construction theory with stone tools
One of the greatest difficulties with evolutionary approaches in the study of stone tools
(lithics) has been finding a mechanism for tying culture and biology in a way that preserves …
(lithics) has been finding a mechanism for tying culture and biology in a way that preserves …
Test, model, and method validation: The role of experimental stone artifact replication in hypothesis-driven archaeology
For many years, intuition and common sense often guided the transference of patterning
ostensibly evident in experimental flintknapping results to interpretations of the …
ostensibly evident in experimental flintknapping results to interpretations of the …
[HTML][HTML] A twenty-first century archaeology of stone artifacts
S Holdaway, M Douglass - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2012 - Springer
Archaeologists today, as in the past, continue to divide their stone artifact assemblages into
categories and to give privilege to certain of these categories over others. Retouched tools …
categories and to give privilege to certain of these categories over others. Retouched tools …
A Synthesis of the Dibble et al. Controlled Experiments into the Mechanics of Lithic Production
Archaeologists have explored a wide range of topics regarding archaeological stone tools
and their connection to past human lifeways through experimentation. Controlled …
and their connection to past human lifeways through experimentation. Controlled …
Measuring core reduction using 3D flake scar density: a test case of changing core reduction at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa
C Clarkson - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013 - Elsevier
A new core reduction index is presented, calculated as the ratio of flake scar number to 3D
surface area (SDI). The index is tested experimentally on five types of core (blade, discoid …
surface area (SDI). The index is tested experimentally on five types of core (blade, discoid …
The application of 3D laser scanning technology to the assessment of ordinal and mechanical cortex quantification in lithic analysis
Recent studies make use of cortex proportion as a proxy measurement for the impact of
artefact transport on assemblage formation. Cortex in these studies is measured on an …
artefact transport on assemblage formation. Cortex in these studies is measured on an …
An assessment and archaeological application of cortex measurement in lithic assemblages
MJ Douglass, SJ Holdaway, PC Fanning… - American …, 2008 - cambridge.org
We describe an experimental test and archaeological application of the solid geometry
method for the interpretation of cortical surface area in lithic assemblages proposed by …
method for the interpretation of cortical surface area in lithic assemblages proposed by …
Aggregates, formational emergence, and the focus on practice in stone artifact archaeology
The stone artifact record has been one of the major grounds for investigating our evolution.
With the predominant focus on their morphological attributes and technological aspects of …
With the predominant focus on their morphological attributes and technological aspects of …
[HTML][HTML] Can lithic attribute analyses identify discrete reduction trajectories? A quantitative study using refitted lithic sets
EML Scerri, B Gravina, J Blinkhorn… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2016 - Springer
Quantitative, attribute-based analyses of stone tools (lithics) have been frequently used to
facilitate large-scale comparative studies, attempt to mitigate problems of assemblage …
facilitate large-scale comparative studies, attempt to mitigate problems of assemblage …