Archaeological research documents major technological shifts among people who have
lived in the southern tip of South America (South Patagonia) during the last thirteen …

Geometric Morphometrics (GM) is a method originally applied in Evolutionary Biology
studies, using the analysis of change in size and shape in order to better understand …

Tierra del Fuego indigenous peoples (southernmost Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia)
have been frequently accounted for since the 16th century; their weapons, however, were …

Fishtail points are considered an indicator of the presence for one of the earliest and most
successful human adaptations during the late Pleistocene in South America (~ 12,900 …

Using phylogenetic and comparative methods, this paper explores how the interrelations
between size and shape defined the evolutionary trajectories of lithic projectile point of the …

Recent discussions of human dispersals into the Americas have integrated available
genomic data, locations and dates of archaeological sites, chronologies for initial biological …

Bifacial points have been used to characterize the “Umbu” tradition in southern and
southeastern Brazil. This archaeological tradition has been related to sites dated from the …

This work attempts to link two primary areas of focus in lithic technology studies today: shape
and reduction analyses. We set out to determine whether a correlation could be found …

The objective of this study is to compare landmark‐based assessment of hominin mandible
morphological variation with that from a high‐density point cloud, using 3D models …

Despite the large-scale expansion of Bell Beaker phenomenon, there is a tension between
the normative Bell Beaker material culture categories and their local objectification in the …