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Lithic technology

Buca della Iena and Grotta del Capriolo: New chronological, lithic, and faunal analyses of two late Mousterian sites in Central Italy

Jacopo Gennai, Tom Higham, Marco Romboni, Angelica Fiorillo, Maddalena Giannì, Laura van der Sluis, Damiano Marchi, Elisabetta Starnini

published 11 Jun 2025

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More on mobility and sedentism: Changes in adaptation from Upper Paleolithic to Incipient Jomon, Tanegashima Island, southern Japan

Kazuki Morisaki, Fumie Iizuka, Masami Izuho, Mark Aldenderfer

published 27 Jan 2025

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Exploring early Acheulian technological decision-making: A controlled experimental approach to raw material selection for percussive artifacts in Melka Wakena, Ethiopia

Eduardo Paixão, Tegenu Gossa, Walter Gneisinger, João Marreiros, Sören Tholen, Ivan Calandra, Erella Hovers

published 09 Jan 2025

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Techno-structural and 3-D geometric morphometric analysis applied for investigating the variability of Holocene unifacial tools in tropical Central Brazil

Marina González-Varas, Antoine Lourdeau, Letícia Gonçalves, Rafael Lemos de Souza, Diego Teixeira Mendes, Tatyana Beltrão de Oliveira, Gustavo Furlaneto Silva, Hubert Forestier, Rolando Romero, Antonio Pérez-Balarezo

published 02 Jan 2025

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Curated character of the Initial Upper Palaeolithic lithic artefact assemblages in Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria)

Tsenka Tsanova, Vincent Delvigne, Svoboda Sirakova, Elka Anastasova, Pedro Horta, Ivaylo Krumov, João Marreiros, Elena Nacheva, Zeljko Rezek, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Nikolay Sirakov

published 04 Sep 2024

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Virtual reconstruction of stone tool refittings by using 3D modelling and the Blender Engine: The application of the “ReViBE” protocol to the archaeological record

Javier Sánchez-Martínez, Katia Calmet, Jorge Martínez Moreno, Xavier Roda Gilabert

published 29 Aug 2024

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Analyzing blank cutting edge efficiency associated with the adoption of microblade technology: A case study from Tolbor-17, Mongolia

Corey L. Johnson, Tsedendorj Bolorbat, Mark N. Grote, Clea H. Paine, Guunii Lkhundev, Davaakhuu Odsuren, Masami Izuho, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Nicolas Zwyns

published 16 Aug 2024

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The use of carinated items in the Levantine Aurignacian—Insights from layer D, Hayonim Cave, W. Galilee, Israel

Hannah Parow-Souchon, Anna Belfer-Cohen

published 24 Jul 2024

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A quantitative analysis of Final Palaeolithic/earliest Mesolithic cultural taxonomy and evolution in Europe

Felix Riede, David N. Matzig, Miguel Biard, Philippe Crombé, Javier Fernández-Lopéz de Pablo, Federica Fontana, Daniel Groß, Thomas Hess, Mathieu Langlais, Ludovic Mevel, William Mills, Martin Moník, Nicolas Naudinot, Caroline Posch, Tomas Rimkus, Damian Stefański, Hans Vandendriessche, Shumon T. Hussain

published 11 Mar 2024

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Refits, cobbles, and fire: Approaching the temporal nature of an expedient Gravettian lithic assemblage from Lagar Velho (Leiria, Portugal)

Elvira Susana Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Vaquero, Joan Daura, Ana Maria Costa, Montserrat Sanz, Ana Cristina Araújo

published 20 Dec 2023

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The stone-to-metal transition reflected in the Iron Age copper production sites of Timna Valley, Israel

Ron Shimelmitz, Erez Ben-Yosef

published 19 Dec 2023

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Enhancing lithic analysis: Introducing 3D-EdgeAngle as a semi-automated 3D digital method to systematically quantify stone tool edge angle and design

Lisa Schunk, Anja Cramer, Konstantin Bob, Ivan Calandra, Guido Heinz, Olaf Jöris, João Marreiros

published 30 Nov 2023

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The earliest unambiguous Neanderthal engravings on cave walls: La Roche-Cotard, Loire Valley, France

Jean-Claude Marquet, Trine Holm Freiesleben, Kristina Jørkov Thomsen, Andrew Sean Murray, Morgane Calligaro, Jean-Jacques Macaire, Eric Robert, Michel Lorblanchet, Thierry Aubry, Grégory Bayle, Jean-Gabriel Bréhéret, Hubert Camus, Pascal Chareille, Yves Egels, Émilie Guillaud, Guillaume Guérin, Pascale Gautret, Morgane Liard, Magen O’Farrell, Jean-Baptiste Peyrouse, Edit Thamó-Bozsó, Pascal Verdin, Dorota Wojtczak, Christine Oberlin, Jacques Jaubert

published 21 Jun 2023

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