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Lithic Reduction Sequences

Lithic Reduction Sequences is a systematic method in lithic technology that describes the chronological and operational stages through which a stone nodule is transformed into a usable tool via controlled flake removal, distinguished by its focus on reconstructing the procedural logic and decision-making patterns underlying prehistoric tool production.

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“Unpacking” reduction: Lithic raw material economy in the mousterian of west-central Italy

Steven L. Kuhn · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · 1991 · 234 citations

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Lithic Reduction and Hominid Behavior in the Middle Paleolithic of the Rhineland

Nicholas J. Conard, D. Adler · Journal of Anthropological Research · 1997 · 109 citations

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Culture and cognition in the Acheulian industry: a case study from Gesher Benot Yaʿaqov

Naama Goren‐Inbar · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2011 · 105 citations · Full text

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A Unified Lithic Taxonomy Based on Patterns of Core Reduction

Nicholas J. Conard, Marie Soressi, John Parkington et al. · The South African Archaeological Bulletin · 2004 · 84 citations

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Correlations between Reduction Strategies and Settlement Patterns

Donald O. Henry · Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association · 1989 · 72 citations · Full text

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    E.P. Rybin

    Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russia

    3 publications · 125 citations

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    Michael Shott

    University of Akron, United States

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  3. NJ
    Nicholas J. Conard

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    3 publications · 255 citations

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  4. JP
    John Parkington

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    3 publications · 151 citations

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  5. MI
    Marina Igreja

    Universidade do Porto, Portugal

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    410 citations

  2. University of Ferrara

    Ferrara, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    163 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    277 citations

  4. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    239 citations

  5. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    142 citations

  6. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography

    Novosibirsk, Russia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    223 citations

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

    Pessac, France

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    346 citations

  8. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    66 citations

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  1. Lithic Technology

    10 publications · 344 citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 180 citations

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  3. American Antiquity

    5 publications · 132 citations

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  4. Asian perspectives

    4 publications · 109 citations

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  5. Quaternary International

    3 publications · 140 citations

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