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Bone Tool Polishing

Bone Tool Polishing is a systematic refinement technique in archaeology involving the mechanical smoothing and surface alteration of osseous artifacts to enhance functionality, durability, or standardization within prehistoric tool production sequences.

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2.1K

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76

Authors

65

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2017–2026

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An early bone tool industry from the Middle Stone Age at Blombos Cave, South Africa: implications for the origins of modern human behaviour, symbolism and language

Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco d’Errico, Curtis W. Marean et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2001 · 467 citations

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Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa

Lucinda Backwell, Francesco d’Errico, Lyn Wadley · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2008 · 315 citations

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Lower Paleolithic bone tools from the ‘Spear Horizon’ at Schöningen (Germany)

Thijs van Kolfschoten, Simon A. Parfitt, Jordi Serangeli et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2015 · 130 citations

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Early hominid bone tools from Drimolen, South Africa

Lucinda Backwell, Francesco d’Errico · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2008 · 110 citations

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Middle Palaeolithic Bone Tools from the Open-Air Site Salzgitter-Lebenstedt (Germany)

Sabine Gaudzinski · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1999 · 96 citations

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Authors

76

  1. FD
    Francesco d’Errico

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. RA
    Raymond A. Dart

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  3. LB
    Lucinda Backwell

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    3 publications · 516 citations

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  4. CZ
    Cao Ze-tian

    Guizhou Academy of Sciences, China

    2 publications · 23 citations

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  5. VL
    Véronique Laroulandie

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

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

65

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

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

    Pessac, France

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    490 citations

  4. Institute of Archaeology

    Moscow, Russia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    177 citations

  5. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    124 citations

  6. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  7. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    141 citations

  8. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    322 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    8 publications · 785 citations

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  2. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

    5 publications · 61 citations

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  3. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 4 publications · 737 citations

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  4. Quaternary International

    3 publications · 139 citations

    3

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  5. American Anthropologist

    2 publications · 55 citations

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