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Stone Tool Technology

Stone Tool Technology is a subfield of Prehistoric Archaeology that investigates the methods, techniques, and evolutionary development of human-made stone implements, distinguishing itself by focusing specifically on the production, function, and cultural significance of lithic artifacts within early human technological behavior.

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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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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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Raw-Material Availability and the Organization of Technology

William Andrefsky · American Antiquity · 1994 · 700 citations

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Tool Use and Tool Making in Wild Chimpanzees

Christophe Boesch, H. Boesch · Folia Primatologica · 1990 · 667 citations

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Early millet use in northern China

Xiaoyan Yang, Zhiwei Wan, Linda Perry et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 663 citations · Full text

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  1. LW
    Lyn Wadley

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    32 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. FD
    Francesco d’Errico

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    29 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. AK
    Alastair Key

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    26 publications · 950 citations

    22

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  4. VR
    Veerle Rots

    University of Liège, Belgium

    26 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. MI
    Metin I. Eren

    Cleveland Museum of Natural History, United States

    29 publications · 1.5K citations

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Institutions

1.5K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    53 h-index

    357 publications

    34.5K citations

  2. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    51 h-index

    150 publications

    13K citations

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

    Pessac, France

    36 h-index

    100 publications

    10.1K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    35 h-index

    105 publications

    8.7K citations

  5. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    35 h-index

    100 publications

    10.5K citations

  6. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    35 h-index

    123 publications

    7.8K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    34 h-index

    125 publications

    10.8K citations

  8. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, Spain

    33 h-index

    127 publications

    8.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    142 publications · 12.7K citations

    68

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  2. American Antiquity

    114 publications · 9.6K citations

    52

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  3. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 63 publications · 8K citations

    49

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  4. PLoS ONE

    116 publications · 6.1K citations

    47

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  5. World Archaeology

    47 publications · 3.2K citations

    34

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