Archaeology and cognitive evolution

T Wynn - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2002 - cambridge.org
Archaeology can provide two bodies of information relevant to the understanding of the
evolution of human cognition–the timing of developments, and the evolutionary context of …

[BOOK][B] Human evolution, language and mind: A psychological and archaeological inquiry

W Noble, I Davidson - 1996 - books.google.com
The question of how modern human behaviour emerged from pre-human hominid
behaviour is central to discussions of human evolution. This important book argues that the …

Middle Paleolithic scraper reduction: background, clarification, and review of the evidence to date

HL Dibble - Journal of archaeological method and theory, 1995 - Springer
The hypothesis that the principal varieties of Middle Paleolithic scrapers reflect varying
degrees of resharpening and rejuvenation, rather than discrete emic types, has generated …

Recent developments in the analysis of lithic artifacts

RW Yerkes, PN Kardulias - Journal of Archaeological Research, 1993 - Springer
A review of recent research on lithic technology and functional analysis is presented. Our
perception of the state of the art is based on a review of the literature published during the …

An exegesis of the curation concept

MJ Shott - Journal of anthropological research, 1996 - journals.uchicago.edu
The concept of" curation" has enjoyed wide use but also has received sharp criticism in the
past two decades. Ambiguity in original sources permits curation to signify variously the …

[BOOK][B] The lithic assemblages of Qafzeh Cave

E Hovers - 2009 - books.google.com
This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from
Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple …

The effect of hammer mass and velocity on flake mass

HL Dibble, A Pelcin - Journal of Archaeological Science, 1995 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of controlled fracture experiments designed to investigate the
effects on flake mass of varying the mass and velocity of the hammer. It was found that the …

Middle Palaeolithic burial is not a dead issue: the view from Qafzeh, Saint-Césaire, Kebara, Amud, and Dederiyeh

RH Gargett - Journal of human evolution, 1999 - Elsevier
Inferences of purposeful Middle Palaeolithic (MP) burial are almost universally accepted,
despite published arguments that the pre-1960s discoveries are equally well explained by …

Modeling human ecodynamics and biocultural interactions in the late Pleistocene of western Eurasia

CM Barton, J Riel-Salvatore, JM Anderies, G Popescu - Human Ecology, 2011 - Springer
Given the complex and multidimensional nature of human evolution, we need to develop
theoretical and methodological frameworks to account for and model the dynamic feedbacks …

Late Pleistocene technology, economic behavior, and land-use dynamics in southern Italy

J Riel-Salvatore, CM Barton - American antiquity, 2004 - cambridge.org
This paper proposes a new methodology to study prehistoric lithic assemblages in an
attempt to derive from that facet of prehistoric behavior the greater technoeconomic system …