The presence of shaped stone balls at early Paleolithic sites has attracted scholarly attention
since the pioneering work of the Leakeys in Olduvai, Tanzania. Despite the persistent …

Lower Paleolithic bifaces are one of the most ubiquitous and persistent stone tools in
prehistory, proliferating from Africa through Eurasia from as early as 1.75 Mya and remaining …

Flint tools exhibiting modified patinated surfaces (“double patina”, or post-patination flaked
items) provide a glimpse into Paleolithic lithic recycling, stone economy, and human …

This study presents patterns of flint acquisition and exploitation, observed through a large-
scale study of the lithic assemblages from the Middle Pleistocene Acheulo-Yabrudian …

Quina scrapers are well-known components of the European Middle Paleolithic Mousterian.
A similar production process was detected within the lithic assemblages of the Levantine …

Handaxes, the hallmark of the Acheulian cultural complex, were occasionally recycled at the
end of the Lower Paleolithic period as cores for the production of predetermined blanks. It …

This book tells the story of both the ancient humans who made handaxes and the thoughts
and ideas of scholars who have spent their lives trying to understand them. Beginning with …

The nature of lithic morphological variability during the Acheulean is a much-debated topic,
especially in the late Acheulean of the Levant. To explore this issue, we present a 3D …

The edges of stone tools have significant technological and functional implications. The
nature of these edges–their sharpness, whether they are concave or convex, and their …

Shaped stone balls are ubiquitous in Oldowan and Acheulian sites worldwide. Despite
years of research, very little is known about the shaping process of these items. A …