In this contribution, we address a major puzzle in the evolution of human material culture: If
maturing individuals just learn their parental generation's material culture, then what is the …

The complexity of Stone Age tool-making is assumed to have relied upon cultural
transmission, but direct evidence is lacking. This paper reviews evidence bearing on this …

Social Archaeology and Material Worlds aims to forefront dynamic and cutting-edge social
approaches to archaeology. It brings together volumes about past people, social and …

In this article we seek to build on efforts to apply the insights of social learning theory to
interpret patterns of continuity and change in the archaeological record. This literature …

In recent decades, there has been a dramatic increase in information from archaeological
skeletons about violent encounters that took place within and among societies, especially …

Archaeology of children is a relatively new field of research within archaeology. This article
gives an overview of the advancement of the subject and discusses theoretical and …

The relationship between lithic technology, learning and language is a topic of growing
interest in human evolution studies, and has therefore been the subject of numerous …

The Lives of Stone Tools gives voice to the Indigenous Gamo lithic practitioners of southern
Ethiopia. For the Gamo, their stone tools are alive, and their work in flintknapping is …

Do we need an archaeology of mothering? For prehistoric periods, I would argue, we need
to challenge notions of parenting and child care that may subconsciously shape …

A quick glance at the evolution of lithic assemblages throughout prehistory highlights a great
variability in the time and effort invested in technological activities. This variability has been …