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Stone Tool Function Analysis

Stone Tool Function Analysis is a methodological framework in archaeological science that identifies and interprets the operational uses of prehistoric stone tools through the systematic examination of use-wear patterns, technological attributes, and experimental replication, distinguishing it from broader typological or contextual analyses by focusing on functional inference at the level of individual tool performance.

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16.4K

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530

Authors

255

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2017–2026

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Publications

248

Experimental Determination of Stone Tool Uses: A Microwear Analysis.

Michael Pitts, Lawrence H. Keeley · Man · 1981 · 648 citations

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Experimentation in the Formation of Edge Damage: A New Approach to Lithic Analysis

Ruth Tringham, G.E. Cooper, George H. Odell et al. · Journal of Field Archaeology · 1974 · 460 citations

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Evidence for Early Hafted Hunting Technology

Jayne Wilkins, Benjamin J. Schoville, Kyle S. Brown et al. · Science · 2012 · 407 citations

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Pan the Tool-Maker: Investigations into the Stone Tool-Making and Tool-Using Capabilities of a Bonobo (Pan paniscus)

Nicholas Toth, Kathy Schick, E. Sue Savage‐Rumbaugh et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1993 · 384 citations

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Selection of Effective Stone Tools by Wild Bearded Capuchin Monkeys

Elisabetta Visalberghi, Elsa Addessi, Valentina Truppa et al. · Current Biology · 2009 · 342 citations · Full text

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Authors

530

  1. AK
    Alastair Key

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 531 citations

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  2. GH
    George H. Odell

    University of Tulsa, United States

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

    9

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  3. RF
    Richard Fullagar

    University of Wollongong, Australia

    7 publications · 463 citations

    7

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  4. VR
    Veerle Rots

    University of Liège, Belgium

    7 publications · 596 citations

    7

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  5. MI
    Metin I. Eren

    Cleveland Museum of Natural History, United States

    6 publications · 256 citations

    6

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Institutions

255

  1. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    903 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    43 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    305 citations

  6. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    253 citations

  7. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    438 citations

  8. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    421 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    20 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. American Antiquity

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Field Archaeology

    16 publications · 1.6K citations

    14

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  4. Lithic Technology

    16 publications · 323 citations

    13

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  5. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 12 publications · 1.4K citations

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