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Stone Tool Taxonomy

Stone Tool Taxonomy is a classification framework that systematically categorizes stone tools based on shared morphological, technological, and functional attributes to enable standardized analysis and comparative study within lithic assemblages.

134

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8.7K

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335

Authors

193

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

20

Variants

Lithic Taxonomy

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Publications

134

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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Experimental Determination of Stone Tool Uses: A Microwear Analysis.

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

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The characteristics and chronology of the earliest Acheulean at Konso, Ethiopia

Yonas Beyene, Shigehiro Katoh, Giday WoldeGabriel et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 401 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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Wild monkeys flake stone tools

Tomos Proffitt, Lydia V. Luncz, Tiago Falótico et al. · Nature · 2016 · 266 citations

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Authors

335

  1. MI
    Metin I. Eren

    Cleveland Museum of Natural History, United States

    3 publications · 141 citations

    3

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  2. EC
    Eudald Carbonell

    Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Spain

    3 publications · 156 citations

    3

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  3. IG
    Ian Glover

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 122 citations

    3

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  4. DB
    Déborah Barsky

    Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

    3 publications · 163 citations

    3

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  5. RF
    Richard Fullagar

    University of Wollongong, Australia

    3 publications · 118 citations

    3

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Institutions

193

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    11.6K citations

  2. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, Spain

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    779 citations

  3. Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social

    Tarragona, Spain

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    841 citations

  4. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    167 citations

  5. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    117 citations

  6. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. University of Ferrara

    Ferrara, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    117 citations

  8. Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité

    Nanterre, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    76 citations

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Venues

  1. Quaternary International

    10 publications · 561 citations

    10

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  2. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

    8 publications · 203 citations

    8

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  3. American Antiquity

    6 publications · 391 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 6 publications · 644 citations

    6

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  5. Lithic Technology

    6 publications · 200 citations

    6

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