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Stone Tool Morphology

Stone Tool Morphology is the systematic study of the form, structure, and configuration of stone tools, distinguishing it from other aspects of lithic analysis by focusing specifically on the physical attributes and spatial organization that reflect technological, functional, and cultural characteristics of human prehistoric behavior.

535

Publications

35.6K

Citations

1.2K

Authors

513

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

132

Variants

Lithic Morphology

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Publications

535

3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya

Sonia Harmand, Jason Lewis, Craig S. Feibel et al. · Nature · 2015 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Engendering Archaeology: Women and Prehistory

Stephen L. Dyson, Joan M. Gero, Margaret W. Conkey · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History · 1992 · 1.1K citations

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Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia

Shannon P. McPherron, Zeresenay Alemseged, Curtis W. Marean et al. · Nature · 2010 · 822 citations

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Experimental Determination of Stone Tool Uses: A Microwear Analysis.

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

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2.5-million-year-old stone tools from Gona, Ethiopia

Sileshi Semaw, Paul R. Renne, John Harris et al. · Nature · 1997 · 624 citations

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Authors

1.2K

  1. AK
    Alastair Key

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 758 citations

    18

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  2. MD
    Michael D. Petraglia

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 475 citations

    10

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  3. MI
    Metin I. Eren

    Cleveland Museum of Natural History, United States

    10 publications · 658 citations

    10

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  4. RF
    Richard Fullagar

    University of Wollongong, Australia

    8 publications · 533 citations

    8

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  5. ID
    Ignacio de la Torre

    University College London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 565 citations

    8

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Institutions

513

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    82 publications

    16.5K citations

  2. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    30 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, Spain

    18 h-index

    46 publications

    2.2K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    25 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social

    Tarragona, Spain

    17 h-index

    44 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana

    Burgos, Spain

    16 h-index

    40 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    14 h-index

    16 publications

    1.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    34 publications · 4K citations

    31

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  2. PLoS ONE

    29 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 21 publications · 2.4K citations

    20

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  4. American Antiquity

    21 publications · 1.7K citations

    18

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  5. Quaternary International

    21 publications · 1K citations

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