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Regional Lithic Variation

Regional Lithic Variation is a lithic analytic construct that denotes systematic differences in stone tool morphology, technology, and raw material use across geographically distinct areas, reflecting localized cultural transmission, environmental constraints, or adaptive strategies within the broader study of prehistoric tool-making behaviors.

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566

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2017–2026

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Publications

244

The Three Sides of a Biface

Robert L. Kelly · American Antiquity · 1988 · 445 citations

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A New Synthesis of Middle Paleolithic Variability

Nicolas Rolland, Harold L. Dibble · American Antiquity · 1990 · 328 citations

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Variability in the Middle Stone Age Lithic Sequence, 115,000–60,000 Years Ago at Klasies River, South Africa

Sarah Wurz · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2002 · 260 citations

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Lithic Source Use and Paleoarchaic Foraging Territories in the Great Basin

George T. Jones, Charlotte Beck, Eric E. Jones et al. · American Antiquity · 2003 · 214 citations

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Stone tools: theoretical insights into human prehistory

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 207 citations

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Authors

566

  1. MD
    Michael D. Petraglia

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 195 citations

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  2. JB
    James Blinkhorn

    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany

    5 publications · 155 citations

    5

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  3. MM
    Marie‐Hélène Moncel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    5 publications · 187 citations

    5

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  4. HF
    Hubert Forestier

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    5 publications · 136 citations

    5

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  5. YL
    Yinghua Li

    Wuhan University, China

    5 publications · 141 citations

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Institutions

294

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    44 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

    Jena, Germany

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    450 citations

  3. Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social

    Tarragona, Spain

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    640 citations

  4. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, Spain

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    656 citations

  5. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    256 citations

  6. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    371 citations

  7. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    695 citations

  8. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    166 citations

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  1. Quaternary International

    36 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. American Antiquity

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    10 publications · 371 citations

    11

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  4. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 10 publications · 599 citations

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  5. Lithic Technology

    8 publications · 161 citations

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