Abstract The West Tofts handaxe is a small British Acheulean biface well known for its
cortical preservation of a fossilised bivalve shell. The shell's retention, its prominent central …

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 …

Reconstructing the technical and cognitive abilities of past hominins requires an
understanding of how skills like stone toolmaking were learned and transmitted. We ask how …

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 …

This study examines the prevalent practice of recycling patinated flint tools (“double patina”)
of 18 lithic assemblages from three Late Lower Paleolithic sites in Israel. Determined as …

The handaxe is an iconic stone tool form used to define and symbolise both the Acheulean
and the wider Palaeolithic. There has long been debate around the extent of its …

This study examines parameters, causes, and spatio-temporal patterns of handaxe shape
variation from Tabun cave in the Levant, and Khall Amayshan 4B and Khabb Musayyib in …

There is currently substantial debate over the use of prehension or hafting of tools by
hominins. Many studies have been carried out to understand the prehension and hafting of …

Animal acquisition, butchering and processing was a crucial activity continuum in the
subsistence of Lower Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers bolstered by a persistent Acheulian …

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 …