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 …

This paper introduces the volume by considering what skill is and how archaeologists have
looked at issues of skill in stone tool production, along with anthropological and …

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 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 …

Archaeologists frequently underestimate the importance of children as well as craft skill
acquisition in the formation of archaeological assemblages. Perhaps even more often they …

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 …

Abstract The Hollow Rock Shelter site in Western Cape Province, South Africa, was
excavated in 1993 and 2008. This study presents new results from a technological analysis …

This paper examines the potential for identifying play and children's imitation in the
archaeological record and reviews cultural constructions of play and cross-cultural …

A presentation of the main points of the seminal article 'A child is born'from 1989, in
particular with regard to the importance in the current trends and other issues not foreseen …

Handedness is measured in a variety of ways, which are either preference based or
performance based (McManus 1996). Skill and preference tend to be highly correlated …