The geochemical sourcing and characterisation of lithic assemblages is surprisingly rare in
Australian archaeology. The studies that have been undertaken have overwhelmingly …

The study of lithic raw material quality has become one of the major interpretive tools to
investigate the raw material selection behaviour and its influence to the knapping …

The PALAEOSILKROAD project has been conducting field surveys in Kazakhstan to explore
the regional Palaeolithic record by targeting primarily caves and rockshelters. However, the …

Archaeological surface deposits, where artifacts are exposed on the ground from the
moment of initial discard, would have been ideal sources for scavenging recyclable material …

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 …

Abstract The Early Holocene archaeology of Central Asia (particularly the Pamir-Alay and
Western Tian Shan ranges) has recently revealed valuable insights regarding the patterns of …

抄録 打製石器は先史時代の遺跡から出土する考古資料の主体を占める資料の一つである.
その石材における 「剥離しやすさ」 は, 当時の人類の資源利用の実態を理解する上で重要な要素と …