Despite the central role of technology in recent archaeological debates, and the assumptions of the superiority of Upper Palaeolithic technologies over older ones, very little is actually known of stone tool hafting and overall tool design during this period. This study uses recently developed microscopic methods for identifying hafting to directly address the question of tool design and its links to tool use and general technological strategies in the Upper Palaeolithic of Western and Central Europe. Framed in the context of a larger project that looks at long-term technological change from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Upper Palaeolithic, this work involved a detailed analysis of c. 1100 lithic tools from the Gravettian occupation layers...
International audienceAlthough Palaeolithic bone retouchers have been the object of both specific an...
peer reviewedThe present use wear and residue analysis aims at identifying hafting practices during ...
Hunting is commonly believed to have been one of the central aspects in the lives of Palaeolithic gr...
peer reviewedStudy of stone tool hafting extends the scope of traceological analysis into the recons...
Innovations relevant to human evolution often involve subsistence technology, which can affect the s...
European Upper Palaeolithic lithic assemblages have been so far defined largely on a typological or ...
European Upper Palaeolithic lithic assemblages have been so far defined largely on a typological or ...
peer reviewedTanged tools are the most obvious typological hint of stone tool hafting in the Palaeol...
The Early Gravettian open-air site of Maisières-Canal (Belgium) is known for its rich lithic industr...
Tanged tools are the most obvious typological hint of stone tool hafting in the Palaeolithic record....
We discuss certain data from our work on functional analysis of selected tools of the Mousterian of ...
We discuss certain data from our work on functional analysis of selected tools of the Mousterian of ...
Use-wear analysis of stone tools is a powerful means for understanding lithic assemblages and past h...
The production of prepared backed artifacts during the Paleolithic is recognized as an important ste...
The production of prepared backed artifacts during the Paleolithic is recognized as an important ste...
International audienceAlthough Palaeolithic bone retouchers have been the object of both specific an...
peer reviewedThe present use wear and residue analysis aims at identifying hafting practices during ...
Hunting is commonly believed to have been one of the central aspects in the lives of Palaeolithic gr...
peer reviewedStudy of stone tool hafting extends the scope of traceological analysis into the recons...
Innovations relevant to human evolution often involve subsistence technology, which can affect the s...
European Upper Palaeolithic lithic assemblages have been so far defined largely on a typological or ...
European Upper Palaeolithic lithic assemblages have been so far defined largely on a typological or ...
peer reviewedTanged tools are the most obvious typological hint of stone tool hafting in the Palaeol...
The Early Gravettian open-air site of Maisières-Canal (Belgium) is known for its rich lithic industr...
Tanged tools are the most obvious typological hint of stone tool hafting in the Palaeolithic record....
We discuss certain data from our work on functional analysis of selected tools of the Mousterian of ...
We discuss certain data from our work on functional analysis of selected tools of the Mousterian of ...
Use-wear analysis of stone tools is a powerful means for understanding lithic assemblages and past h...
The production of prepared backed artifacts during the Paleolithic is recognized as an important ste...
The production of prepared backed artifacts during the Paleolithic is recognized as an important ste...
International audienceAlthough Palaeolithic bone retouchers have been the object of both specific an...
peer reviewedThe present use wear and residue analysis aims at identifying hafting practices during ...
Hunting is commonly believed to have been one of the central aspects in the lives of Palaeolithic gr...