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Robinson, Erick, Joris Sergant, and Philippe Crombé. "Late Mesolithic Armature Variability in the Southern North Sea Basin: Implications for Forager-LinearbandkeramikContact Models of the Transition to Agriculture in Belgium and the Southern Netherlands." European Journal of Archaeology 16, no. 1 (2013): 3–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1461957112y.0000000022.

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Lithic armatures have been widely noted as key evidence for interpreting the role of indigenous Mesolithic traditions in the spread of the Early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture, and therefore early agriculture, across temperate Europe. Their role as evidence for the continuity of Mesolithic ‘identities’ has been emphasized without the use of a unified, systematic recording methodology of armatures from both Late–Final Mesolithic (LM–FM) and LBK sites that places armatures in their broader context as part of projectile technologies of late hunter-gatherers and early farmers. In this p

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Araújo, Ana Cristina. "Changing the Perspective, Adapting the Scale: Macro- and Microlithic Technologies of the Early Mesolithic in the SW Iberian Peninsula." Open Archaeology 8, no. 1 (2022): 873–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2022-0248.

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Abstract What determines the choice of a particular lithic solution from among the set of knowledge and skills that are part of the cultural background of a group? The Early Mesolithic of the SW Iberian Peninsula shows a high diversity of lithic solutions considering the various aspects of the manufacturing process. At each site, the group selects the most adequate solution to respond efficiently to the needs. Contemporary sites may document quite different lithic components; there are no recurring patterns. Macrolithic and microlithic technologies were adopted, depending on the site, but the

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Riede, Felix, David N. Matzig, Miguel Biard, et al. "A quantitative analysis of Final Palaeolithic/earliest Mesolithic cultural taxonomy and evolution in Europe." PLOS ONE 19, no. 3 (2024): e0299512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299512.

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Archaeological systematics, together with spatial and chronological information, are commonly used to infer cultural evolutionary dynamics in the past. For the study of the Palaeolithic, and particularly the European Final Palaeolithic and earliest Mesolithic, proposed changes in material culture are often interpreted as reflecting historical processes, migration, or cultural adaptation to climate change and resource availability. Yet, cultural taxonomic practice is known to be variable across research history and academic traditions, and few large-scale replicable analyses across such traditi

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Taipale, Noora, Laurent Chiotti, and Veerle Rots. "Why did hunting weapon design change at Abri Pataud? Lithic use-wear data on armature use and hafting around 24,000–22,000 BP." PLOS ONE 17, no. 1 (2022): e0262185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262185.

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Projectile technology is commonly viewed as a significant contributor to past human subsistence and, consequently, to our evolution. Due to the allegedly central role of projectile weapons in the food-getting strategies of Upper Palaeolithic people, typo-technological changes in the European lithic record have often been linked to supposed developments in hunting weaponry. Yet, relatively little reliable functional data is currently available that would aid the detailed reconstruction of past weapon designs. In this paper, we take a use-wear approach to the backed tool assemblages from the Rec

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Crombé, Philippe. "The ‘microliths’ from the Isles of Scilly and the continental Mesolithic: similar yet still so different." Antiquity 89, no. 346 (2015): 980–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.61.

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There is little doubt that the small lithic assemblage from the Isles of Scilly is totally different to that from any other Mesolithic site in Britain. As the authors correctly state, the general resemblances to trapeze-dominated assemblages from the continent, in particular to the Late and Final Mesolithic industries from northern France, Belgium and the southern Netherlands, are very obvious. Typologically, the majority of armatures relate to continental rhombic trapezes, called ‘trapèzes à bases décalées’. Upon closer examination, however, several armatures display morphological or technica

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Hutchings, W. Karl. "Measuring use-related fracture velocity in lithic armatures to identify spears, javelins, darts, and arrows." Journal of Archaeological Science 38, no. 7 (2011): 1737–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.005.

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Chevrier, Benoît, Laurent Lespez, Brice Lebrun, et al. "New data on settlement and environment at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa: Interdisciplinary investigation at Fatandi V, Eastern Senegal." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (2020): e0243129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243129.

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The end of the Palaeolithic represents one of the least-known periods in the history of western Africa, both in terms of its chronology and the identification of cultural assemblages entities based on the typo-technical analyses of its industries. In this context, the site of Fatandi V offers new data to discuss the cultural pattern during the Late Stone Age in western Africa. Stratigraphic, taphonomical and sedimentological analyses show the succession of three sedimentary units. Several concentrations with rich lithic material were recognized. An in situ occupation, composed of bladelets, se

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Defranould, Elsa, Sylvie Philibert, and Thomas Perrin. "Evolutionary Dynamics of Armatures in Southern France in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic." Open Archaeology 8, no. 1 (2022): 905–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2022-0261.

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Abstract The use of weapons, and therefore of arrowheads, contributed to structuring the technical, economic, social and cultural domains. In the technical sphere, emblematic projectile armatures are often considered to be loaded with cultural values and to embody the expression of human group identity. The study of their variability, in time and space, can shed light on mechanisms of mutation and innovation stemming from adaptative strategies and cultural choices. During the seventh and sixth millennia, the renewal of arrowheads corresponds to major changes in lithic equipment. Between the La

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Hutchings, W. Karl. "Finding the Paleoindian spearthrower: quantitative evidence for mechanically-assisted propulsion of lithic armatures during the North American Paleoindian Period." Journal of Archaeological Science 55 (March 2015): 34–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.12.019.

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Gravel-Miguel, Claudine, John K. Murray, Benjamin J. Schoville, Colin D. Wren, and Curtis W. Marean. "Exploring variability in lithic armature discard in the archaeological record." Journal of Human Evolution 155 (June 2021): 102981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102981.

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Fullola Isern, Joan, Inés Domingo, and Dídac Roman. "Adaptations of the lithic production in the Sauveterroid level of Coveta de la Foia site (Vilafranca, Castelló)." Journal of Lithic Studies 11, no. 2 (2024). https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.7304.

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In this paper, we analyse two different lithic adaptations of the Sauveterroid Mediterranean culture in the Valencian Country. On one hand, we have a standardized serial production of projectiles such as backed bladelets and backed micropoints. On the other hand, there is a non-predetermined and less standardized production of a large number of domestic lithic tools such as end-scrapers and retouched blades. The lithic production of this Sauveterroid group shows a double adaptation in relation with the environment: although these groups have enough sources of lithic raw material nearby, and th

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Lengyel, György. "Lithic analysis of the Middle and Late Upper Palaeolithic in Hungary." December 28, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4467/21995923FQ.18.001.9819.

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This paper presents lithic technology studies on the Middle and Late period of the Upper Palaeolithic in Hungary between 26 and 13 ka BP. The studies aimed at describing and then comparing the technological processes from lithic raw material procurement to the formal tool making. An attempt was made to find correlations between technological features and chronological positions of the assemblages to see if lithic technology operated traditionally or opportunistically. The study found that technology was rather shaped toward efficiency with adaptive behavior. Therefore, in most cases, the way h

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SOLANAS, Sofia. "Lithic economy in South Western France during the Neolithic: A case study from a coastal site - La Lède du Gurp (Aquitaine)." Journal of Lithic Studies 8, no. 2 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/jls.6921.

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The prehistory of South-western France is known worldwide for its rich record of Palaeolithic sites, especially from the Dordogne region. However, while research on the Palaeolithic is extremely prolific, the Neolithic was at the same time relegated to the background. Since the beginning of the discipline, few researchers worked on the Neolithic from SW France. Besides, they focused on ceramic typological analyses to describe cultural groups, rarely considered lithic tools and armatures, and never performed any techno-economical study of lithic productions. For over thirty years, rescue archae

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Riede, Felix, David N. Matzig, Miguel Biard, et al. "A meta-analysis of Final Palaeolithic/earliest Mesolithic cultural taxonomy and evolution in Europe." December 11, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10352698.

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<em>Archaeological systematics, together with spatial and chronological information, are commonly used to infer cultural evolutionary dynamics in the past. For the study of the Palaeolithic, and particularly the European Final Palaeolithic and earliest Mesolithic, proposed changes in material culture are often interpreted as reflecting historical processes, migration, or cultural adaptation to climate change and resource availability. Yet, cultural taxonomic practice is known to be variable across research history and academic traditions, and few large-scale replicable analyses across such tra

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Hauguel-Bleuven, Lola, Jorge Calvo-Gómez, and Gregor Marchand. "Stylistic Study of the Late Mesolithic Industries in Western France: Combined Principal Coordinate Analysis and Use-Wear Analysis." Open Archaeology 9, no. 1 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2022-0306.

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Abstract The notion of style has been the subject of much research and theoretical development in prehistoric archaeology. This vast concept touches several fields, including the morphology of artefacts, technical gestures and their function. The lithic typology of arrowhead armatures was widely developed in the twentieth century for the study of the French Mesolithic and includes some of these aspects. The functional, technical, or aesthetic nature of the morphological characteristics of these artefacts has received little attention, while the mapping of types has been overvalued This article

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Hussain, Shumon T., Felix Riede, David N. Matzig, et al. "A pan-European dataset revealing variability in lithic technology, toolkits, and artefact shapes ~15-11 kya." Scientific Data 10, no. 1 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02500-9.

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AbstractComparative macro-archaeological investigations of the human deep past rely on the availability of unified, quality-checked datasets integrating different layers of observation. Information on the durable and ubiquitous record of Paleolithic stone artefacts and technological choices are especially pertinent to this endeavour. We here present a large expert-sourced collaborative dataset for the study of stone tool technology and artefact shape evolution across Europe between ~15.000 and 11.000 years before present. The dataset contains a compendium of key sites from the study period, an

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Scaramucci, Sem, Vanessa Volpi, Armando Costantini, et al. "New challenges in the study of lithic raw materials in central Italy at the dawn of metal working societies: La Pietra and other radiolarite quarry-workshops in Tuscany." Journal of Lithic Studies 3, no. 2 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/jls.v3i2.1466.

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In central-southern Tuscany radiolarite has been used as a lithic raw material throughout prehistory. During the Copper Age it was selected for the local production of leaf-shaped artefacts. In the area considered, the Copper Age record is almost totally restricted to burials and virtually no settlements have been investigated so far. Radiolarite artefacts are found mostly as refined arrow and, possibly javelin, heads used as grave goods.Within this context, the discovery and recent investigation of the large radiolarite quarry of La Pietra (Roccastrada, Grosseto) and of the related workshops

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Cortell-Nicolau, Alfredo, Alastair Key, and Antoni Palomo. "Assessing geometric microliths as cultural markers through an analysis of shape variation and projectile performance." Scientific Reports 15, no. 1 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95054-2.

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Abstract European geometric microlith shape variation is often used as a marker of cultural differences between groups of Mesolithic hunter gatherers and/or Neolithic farmers. Indeed, the 2D plan-view shape of these lithics is known to vary in spatially and temporally systematic ways between archaeological sites. Such differences are well evidenced in the Iberian Peninsula between the 9th and 8th millennia BP. Here we test an alternative hypothesis for the structured variation observed in geometric microliths: whether their plan-view shape significantly impacts the force, energy and displaceme

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