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Bone Tool Finishing

Bone Tool Finishing is a systematic methodological process within bone tool manufacture that entails the final refinement and surface modification of preformed bone implements to achieve functional or aesthetic specifications.

15

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503

Citations

34

Authors

26

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2017–2026

2

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Publications

15

Possible evidence of bone tool shaping by Swartkrans early hominids

Francesco d’Errico, Lucinda Backwell · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2003 · 91 citations

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Are osseous artefacts a window to perishable material culture? Implications of an unusually complex bone tool from the Late Pleistocene of East Timor

Sue O’Connor, Guyan Robertson, K. P. Aplin · Journal of Human Evolution · 2014 · 89 citations

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Early New World maritime technologies: sea grass cordage, shell beads, and a bone tool from Cave of the Chimneys, San Miguel Island, California, USA

René L. Vellanoweth, Melissa R Lambright, Jon M. Erlandson et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2003 · 40 citations

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Elephant bones for the Middle Pleistocene toolmaker

Paola Villa, Giovanni Boschian, Luca Pollarolo et al. · PLoS ONE · 2021 · 39 citations · Full text

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The Bone Tool‐Manufacturing Ability of Australopithecus Prometheus

Raymond A. Dart · American Anthropologist · 1960 · 34 citations · Full text

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Authors

34

  1. RA
    Raymond A. Dart

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  2. PV
    Paola Villa

    Museum of Boulder, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

    1

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  3. TC
    Torben C. Rick

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    1 publications · 40 citations

    1

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  4. FM
    Fabrizio Marra

    Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy

    1 publications · 39 citations

    1

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  5. SW
    S. Warisawa

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    1 publications · 25 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

26

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    185 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    159 citations

  3. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  4. Université Paris-Saclay

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    78 citations

  5. Museum of Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  6. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  7. Chiba University

    Chiba, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Universidad Nacional de La Plata

    La Plata, Argentina

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    3 publications · 162 citations

    3

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  2. American Anthropologist

    2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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  4. Danish Journal of Archaeology

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

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  5. Current Anthropology

    CA · 1 publications · 25 citations

    1

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