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Alastair Key

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43

Publications

1.6K

Citations

24

H-Index

2011

Active since

Affiliations

University of Kent(Current)

University of Cambridge

University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Kent State University

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Alastair Key is an author at University of Kent specializing in engineering, mechanical engineering, and anthropology.

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EngineeringArchaeologyAnthropologyMechanical EngineeringBioarchaeologyLanguageTechnologyKinesiologyBiomechanicsHuman Evolution

Publications per year

2011–2022

43

Publications

43

Are bigger flakes always better? An experimental assessment of flake size variation on cutting efficiency and loading

Alastair Key, Stephen J. Lycett · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2013 · 85 citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Experimental Assessment +5

Edge Angle as a Variably Influential Factor in Flake Cutting Efficiency: An Experimental Investigation of Its Relationship with Tool Size and Loading

Alastair Key, Stephen J. Lycett · Archaeometry · 2014 · 77 citations

Influence of Handaxe Size and Shape on Cutting Efficiency: A Large-Scale Experiment and Morphometric Analysis

Alastair Key, Stephen J. Lycett · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory · 2016 · 69 citations

Geometric Modeling, Industrial Design, Productivity +13

The manual pressures of stone tool behaviors and their implications for the evolution of the human hand

Erin Marie Williams‐Hatala, Kevin G. Hatala, McKenzie Gordon et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2018 · 69 citations

Kinesiology, Engineering, Mechanical Control +12

The evolution of the hominin thumb and the influence exerted by the non-dominant hand during stone tool production

Alastair Key, Christopher J. Dunmore · Journal of Human Evolution · 2014 · 65 citations

Hominin Thumb, Stone Tool Production, Tool Use +5

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