Archaeologists have explored a wide range of topics regarding archaeological stone tools
and their connection to past human lifeways through experimentation. Controlled …

In the Stone Age, the collection of specific rocks was the first step in tool making. Very little is
known about the choices made during tool-stone acquisition. Were choices governed by the …

Lithic raw material properties are often invoked to explain the presence, absence, form, or
ontogeny of Paleolithic stone tools. Here, we explore whether the frequency of the Middle …

In studies of flaked stone tools, the “quality” of lithic raw material has often been assessed
from a viewpoint of its suitability to lithic production, and several studies examined such raw …

Determination of the cracking behavior during crack propagation helps to better understand
damage and fracture processes in brittle rocks. The paper studies the cracking behavior of …

Abstract At Liang Bua, the type site of Homo floresiensis on the Indonesian island of Flores,
the stone artefact assemblages are dominated by two raw materials, qualitatively classified …

The study of raw materials was comprehensively studied in European and African
Palaeolithic. However, systematic research of raw material sourcing has not been …

Abstract At Liang Bua, the type site of Homo floresiensis on the Indonesian island of Flores,
the stone artefact assemblages are dominated by two raw materials, qualitatively classified …

Only a handful of stratified sites are known in loess, spring, and river contexts in the northern
piedmonts of the Tian Shan, and the majority are dated to the Upper Palaeolithic. These …

Reconstructing hominin raw material utilization patterns comprises one of the fundamental
objectives of prehistoric archaeology. Lithic raw materials have been widely used as …