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Bone Tool Shaping

Bone Tool Shaping is a technical process within the broader domain of lithic and osseous technology that involves the controlled modification of raw bone material through carving, grinding, or abrading to achieve a predetermined functional form, distinguished from related techniques by its focus on anatomical material and its adaptive use of natural bone structure for tool production.

29

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2.1K

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90

Authors

68

Institutions

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2017–2026

6

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Publications

29

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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Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe

Marie Soressi, Shannon P. McPherron, Michel Lenoir et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 270 citations · Full text

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Evidence of termite foraging by Swartkrans early hominids

Lucinda Backwell, Francesco d’Errico · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 259 citations · Full text

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The Ginsberg Experiment: Modern and Prehistoric Evidence of a Bone-Flaking Technology

Dennis J. Stanford, Robson Bonnichsen, Richard E. Morlan · Science · 1981 · 105 citations

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Assessing the function of early hominin bone tools

Francesco d’Errico, Lucinda Backwell · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2009 · 93 citations

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Authors

90

  1. FD
    Francesco d’Errico

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 1K citations

    6

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  2. LB
    Lucinda Backwell

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    4 publications · 514 citations

    4

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  3. RA
    Raymond A. Dart

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  4. CW
    Curtis W. Marean

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 515 citations

    2

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  5. TE
    Teresa E. Steele

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 318 citations

    2

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Institutions

68

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

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

    Pessac, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    755 citations

  4. Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité

    Nanterre, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    313 citations

  5. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    215 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    2K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    308 citations

  8. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    318 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    4 publications · 295 citations

    4

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  2. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 3 publications · 607 citations

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  3. American Anthropologist

    3 publications · 71 citations

    3

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  4. Science

    2 publications · 144 citations

    2

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 529 citations

    2

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