Abstract Eastern Africa's Plio-Pleistocene palaeoanthropological record has shaped our
understanding of human biological and cultural evolution. Over the years, raw material …

We report the results of LA-ICP-MS analysis of 402 quartzite samples representing 48
collection loci in the Upper Gunnison Basin (UGB), Colorado and determine the extent to …

Several isolated studies have tried to understand quartzite from an archaeological
perspective by applying two different methodological approaches. The first one is based on …

Prehistoric cultural material is commonly composed of chert, due in large part to its physical
properties that are conducive to tool manufacture. Despite its ubiquity, archaeologists are …

Abstract The African Early Stone Age record, including that of Oldupai Gorge, reveals
widespread evidence for hominin exploitation of quartzose lithic raw materials such as …

Quartzite was the second most‐often used lithic raw material in Europe in the Palaeolithic.
However, this rock has not been characterized fully from the geo‐archaeological point of …

As new analytical techniques are brought to sourcing studies and researchers compile data
into multi‐laboratory databases, systematic evaluation is essential. The importance of …

Using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis from nearly 2,300 sourced obsidian artifacts in
western Wyoming, southwestern Montana, and eastern Idaho, we demonstrate regional …

Oldupai Gorge is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in northern Tanzania along the western margin of the East African Rift System …

The invention and proliferation of stone tool technology in the Early Stone Age (ESA) marks
a watershed in human evolution. Patterns of lithic procurement, manufacture, use, and …