Further evidence for bow hunting and its implications more than 60 000 years ago: Results of a use-trace analysis of the bone point from Klasies River Main site, South …

J Bradfield, M Lombard, J Reynard, S Wurz - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The bone point (SAM 42160) from> 60 ka deposits at Klasies River Main Site, South Africa,
is reassessed. We clarify the stratigraphic integrity of SAM 42160 and confirm its Middle …

Use-trace analysis of bone tools: a brief overview of four methodological approaches

J Bradfield - The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 2015 - JSTOR
In comparison with some other parts of the world, there has been a marked lack of
engagement with the functional study of bone tools in southern Africa. Only a handful of …

The antiquity of bow-and-arrow technology: evidence from Middle Stone Age layers at Sibudu Cave

L Backwell, J Bradfield, KJ Carlson, T Jashashvili… - antiquity, 2018 - cambridge.org
The bow and arrow is thought to be a unique development of our species, signalling higher-
level cognitive functioning. How this technology originated and how we identify …

Revisiting lithic edge characterization with microCT: Multiscale study of edge curvature, re-entrant features, and profile geometry on Olduvai Gorge quartzite flakes

DA Macdonald, T Bartkowiak, M Mendak… - Archaeological and …, 2022 - Springer
The angle and shape of lithic tool edges have long been used as a method of inferring
prehistoric tool function. However, accurately measuring and characterizing edge angles of …

Time wears on: Assessing how bone wears using 3D surface texture analysis

NL Martisius, I Sidéra, MN Grote, TE Steele… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Use-wear analysis provides a means of studying traces produced on animal bone during
manufacture and use in an effort to reconstruct these processes. Often, these analyses are …

[HTML][HTML] Human occupation of the North American Colorado Plateau∼ 37,000 years ago

TB Rowe, TW Stafford Jr, DC Fisher… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Calibrating human population dispersals across Earth's surface is fundamental to assessing
rates and timing of anthropogenic impacts and distinguishing ecological phenomena …

On the Quina side: A Neanderthal bone industry at Chez-Pinaud site, France

M Baumann, H Plisson, S Maury, S Renou… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Did Neanderthal produce a bone industry? The recent discovery of a large bone tool
assemblage at the Neanderthal site of Chagyrskaya (Altai, Siberia, Russia) and the …

Bone diagenesis in archaeological and contemporary human remains: an investigation of bone 3D microstructure and minero-chemical assessment

V Caruso, N Marinoni, V Diella, F Berna… - Archaeological and …, 2020 - Springer
The major difficulty to study bone preservation is to define which diagenetic parameters
need to be taken into account when any information on environmental conditions is missing …

Bone taphonomy inside and out: Application of 3-dimensional microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and micro-computed tomography to the study of humanly …

SM Bello, J Galway-Witham - Quaternary International, 2019 - Elsevier
Cut marks, scrape marks, knap** marks, percussion damage and engravings are
examples of humanly produced modifications made on the surface of bones, antlers and/or …

Rock type variability and impact fracture formation: working towards a more robust macrofracture method

J Pargeter - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Investigations into the development of weapon systems are increasingly important in
archaeological debates about human evolution and behavioural variability.'Diagnostic' …