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Experimental archaeology

Multiproxy analysis of Upper Palaeolithic lustrous gravels supports their anthropogenic use

Lila Geis, Francesco d’Errico, [ ... ], Alain Queffelec

Exploring the relative influence of raw materials, percussion techniques, and hominin skill levels on the diversity of the early Oldowan assemblages: Insights from the Shungura Formation, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Anne Delagnes, Michel Brenet, Brad Gravina, Frédéric Santos

Artifact3-D: New software for accurate, objective and efficient 3D analysis and documentation of archaeological artifacts

Leore Grosman, Antoine Muller, [ ... ], Nir Dick

Art by firelight? Using experimental and digital techniques to explore Magdalenian engraved plaquette use at Montastruc (France)

Andy Needham, Izzy Wisher, [ ... ], Aimée Little

Quantitative use-wear analysis of stone tools: Measuring how the intensity of use affects the identification of the worked material

Juan José Ibáñez, Niccolò Mazzucco

Fluted-point technology in Neolithic Arabia: An independent invention far from the Americas

Rémy Crassard, Vincent Charpentier, [ ... ], Michael D. Petraglia

Miniaturization optimized weapon killing power during the social stress of late pre-contact North America (AD 600-1600)

Anna Mika, Kat Flood, [ ... ], Metin I. Eren

The bulb retouchers in the Levant: New insights into Middle Palaeolithic retouching techniques and mobile tool-kit composition

Laura Centi, Iris Groman-Yaroslavski, [ ... ], Yossi Zaidner

An integrated method for understanding the function of macro-lithic tools. Use wear, 3D and spatial analyses of an Early Upper Palaeolithic assemblage from North Eastern Italy

Isabella Caricola, Andrea Zupancich, [ ... ], Emanuela Cristiani

Is early silcrete heat treatment a new behavioural proxy in the Middle Stone Age?

Regine E. Stolarczyk, Patrick Schmidt

An experimental study of turtle shell rattle production and the implications for archaeofaunal assemblages

Andrew Gillreath-Brown, Tanya M. Peres

Identifying Major Transitions in the Evolution of Lithic Cutting Edge Production Rates

Antoine Muller, Chris Clarkson

New Experiments and a Model-Driven Approach for Interpreting Middle Stone Age Lithic Point Function Using the Edge Damage Distribution Method

Benjamin J. Schoville, Kyle S. Brown, Jacob A. Harris, Jayne Wilkins

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