For many years, intuition and common sense often guided the transference of patterning
ostensibly evident in experimental flintknap** results to interpretations of the …

The role of raw material quality in Oldowan technology has not been fully explored. There
are numerous studies suggesting Oldowan hominins preferred certain types of stone for …

Background Middle Palaeolithic stone artefacts referred to as 'Levallois' have caused
considerable debate regarding issues of technological predetermination, cognition and …

Climate variability and hominin evolution are inextricably linked. Yet, hypotheses examining
the impact of large-scale climate shifts on hominin landscape ecology are often constrained …

The physical requirements of stone tools tend to prescribe the choice of rocks for their
production. Hardness, roughness and impact toughness dictate the ease of knap** as …

In this study, we analyse the three-dimensional micromorphology of cut marks on fossil
mammal remains from a∼ 0.5 million year old Acheulean butchery site at Boxgrove (West …

In prehistoric human populations, technologies played a fundamental role in the acquisition
of different resources and are represented in the main daily living activities, such as with …

The arrival of new methodological approaches to study microscopic qualities in cut mark
morphology has been a major improvement in our understanding of butchering activities …

In line with engineering research focusing on metal tools, techniques to record the attribute
of 'edge sharpness' on stone tools can include both mechanical and micro-geometric …

In the modern world, creativity often culminates in material things or ideas about how to
make them, and therefore should be of major interest of archaeologists, who deal with the …