Add to ORKGThe morphology of Acheulean handaxes continues to be a subject of debate amongst Lower Palaeolithic archaeologists, with some arguing that many handaxes are over-engineered for a subsistence function alone. This study aims to provide an empirical foundation for these debates by testing the relationship between a range of morphological variables, including symmetry, and the effectiveness of handaxes for butchery. Sixty handaxes were used to butcher 30 fallow deer by both a professional and a non-professional butcher. Regression analysis on the resultant data set indicates that while frontal symmetry may explain a small amount of variance in the effectiveness of handaxes for butchery, a large percentage of variance remains unexplained by symm...
The West Tofts handaxe is a small British Acheulean biface well known for its cortical preservation ...
Abstract: The refinement of handaxes, defined as increasing planview symmetry and profile thinness, ...
BACKGROUND: Recent findings suggest that the North African Middle Stone Age technocomplex known as t...
The morphology of Acheulean handaxes continues to be a subject of debate amongst Lower Palaeolithic ...
A series of experiments to test the relationship between Acheulean handaxe form and effectiveness fo...
Handaxes represent one of the most temporally enduring and geographically widespread of Palaeolithic...
Acheulean handaxes have played a leading role in our understanding of the cognitive and behavioural ...
The Acheulean is defined by its iconic tool type, the handaxe, and a suite of other large cutting to...
It has often been assumed that handaxes were crafted and used primarily by adult males (Hawkes et al...
The interpretation of handaxe shape is one of the most prominent questions in Acheulean archaeologic...
The frequency, anatomical location, and orientation of stone tool cutmarks have all been widely empl...
The Acheulean is a stone tool industry that originates in Africa over 1.7 mya. It is characterised b...
The Acheulean is a stone tool industry that originates in Africa over 1.7mya. It is characterised by...
The causes of morphological variation within Lower Palaeolithic stone tool assemblages have been sub...
Right-handedness is one of humankind's distinguishing features, but its origins are obscure. The arc...
The West Tofts handaxe is a small British Acheulean biface well known for its cortical preservation ...
Abstract: The refinement of handaxes, defined as increasing planview symmetry and profile thinness, ...
BACKGROUND: Recent findings suggest that the North African Middle Stone Age technocomplex known as t...
The morphology of Acheulean handaxes continues to be a subject of debate amongst Lower Palaeolithic ...
A series of experiments to test the relationship between Acheulean handaxe form and effectiveness fo...
Handaxes represent one of the most temporally enduring and geographically widespread of Palaeolithic...
Acheulean handaxes have played a leading role in our understanding of the cognitive and behavioural ...
The Acheulean is defined by its iconic tool type, the handaxe, and a suite of other large cutting to...
It has often been assumed that handaxes were crafted and used primarily by adult males (Hawkes et al...
The interpretation of handaxe shape is one of the most prominent questions in Acheulean archaeologic...
The frequency, anatomical location, and orientation of stone tool cutmarks have all been widely empl...
The Acheulean is a stone tool industry that originates in Africa over 1.7 mya. It is characterised b...
The Acheulean is a stone tool industry that originates in Africa over 1.7mya. It is characterised by...
The causes of morphological variation within Lower Palaeolithic stone tool assemblages have been sub...
Right-handedness is one of humankind's distinguishing features, but its origins are obscure. The arc...
The West Tofts handaxe is a small British Acheulean biface well known for its cortical preservation ...
Abstract: The refinement of handaxes, defined as increasing planview symmetry and profile thinness, ...
BACKGROUND: Recent findings suggest that the North African Middle Stone Age technocomplex known as t...