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Ancient Toolmaking

Ancient Toolmaking is a scholarly construct in the field of archaeology that denotes the systematic study and reconstruction of early human technological practices involving the design, production, and use of material implements prior to the advent of written historical records.

189

Publications

12.2K

Citations

447

Authors

248

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

46

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Publications

189

Stone toolmaking and the evolution of human culture and cognition

Dietrich Stout · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2011 · 504 citations · Full text

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Homo erectus at Trinil on Java used shells for tool production and engraving

Josephine C.A. Joordens, Francesco d’Errico, Frank P. Wesselingh et al. · Nature · 2014 · 457 citations

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Neural correlates of Early Stone Age toolmaking: technology, language and cognition in human evolution

Dietrich Stout, Nicholas Toth, Kathy Schick et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2008 · 457 citations · Full text

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Skill and Cognition in Stone Tool Production

Dietrich Stout · Current Anthropology · 2002 · 435 citations

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Studies in Ancient Technology

H. Limet, R. J. Forbes · Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient · 1966 · 407 citations

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Authors

447

  1. DS
    Dietrich Stout

    Emory University, United States

    8 publications · 2K citations

    8

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  2. VR
    Veerle Rots

    University of Liège, Belgium

    5 publications · 426 citations

    5

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  3. MD
    Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    4 publications · 689 citations

    4

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  4. JA
    Jan Apel

    Lund University, Sweden

    3 publications · 378 citations

    3

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  5. JF
    Juan Francisco Gibaja

    Institución Milá y Fontanals de Investigación en Humanidades, Spain

    3 publications · 74 citations

    3

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Institutions

248

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie

    Pessac, France

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    706 citations

  4. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    781 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    939 citations

  8. University of Ferrara

    Ferrara, Italy

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    687 citations

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Venues

  1. Antiquity

    13 publications · 351 citations

    12

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  2. PLoS ONE

    11 publications · 474 citations

    11

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  3. Quaternary International

    10 publications · 345 citations

    10

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  4. Lithic Technology

    10 publications · 235 citations

    10

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  5. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

    8 publications · 422 citations

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