Generalization, inference and the quantification of lithic reduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919816 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Hiscock (0000-0002-8893-4742, corresponding author), Amy Tabrett |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 545-561 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2010.517669 |
| OpenAlex | W2126753782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 38 |
Today studies of lithic technology almost invariably employ models of the reduction process, and often models of the extent of reduction that specimens and classes of tools have undergone. Debates about the explanation of lithic assemblage variability are based upon methods for inferring the nature and extent of reduction. In this paper, we construct a conceptual framework for evaluating the competing reduction indices for estimating the extent of flake retouching. With this framework we offer a new synthesis of reduction indices and the debates that have surrounded their use
Archaeology · Epistemology · Generalization · Inference · Reduction (mathematics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Stone Artifacts
Applications of artificial intelligence in lithic analysis
Survivorship Distributions in Experimental Spear Points
Dibble’s Reduction Thesis
How to interpret informal flakes assemblages? Integrating morphological description, usewear and morphometric analysis gave better understanding of the behaviors of anatomically modern human from Song Terus (Indonesia)
Distribution patterns of stone-tool reduction
Multiple approaches to predicting flake mass
Measuring Retouch Intensity in Lithic Tools
Estimating original flake mass from 3D scans of platform area
Can we read stones? Quantifying the information loss in flintknapping
A new approach to measure reduction intensity on cores and tools on cobbles
Retouched artifacts production in three hunter–gatherer contexts from Tierra del Fuego (southernmost South America, Argentina)
Patterning in a large sample of retouched unifacial tools
Quina Retouch Does Not Maintain Edge Angle Over Reduction
Predicting Flake Mass
Evaluating indices of curation for Archaic North American bifacial projectile points
Curation and recycling
Core Use-Life Distributions in Lithic Assemblages as a Means for Reconstructing Behavioral Patterns
Reduction intensity of backed blades
Lithic production strategies in the Middle Paleolithic of the southern Balkans
On the Operation of Retouch in Southern Africa’s Early Middle Stone Age
The influence of raw material size on stone artefact assemblage formation
Experimental and archaeological testing with 3D laser scanning reveals the limits of I/TMC as a reduction index for global scraper and point studies
Establishing a new workflow in the study of core reduction intensity and distribution
Exploring volume lost in retouched artifacts using height of retouch and length of retouched edge
Human colonization and late pleistocene lithic industries of the Americas
The effect of retouch intensity on mid to late Holocene unifacial and bifacial points from the Kimberley
Middle Stone Age Technology and Cultural Evolution at Magubike Rockshelter, Southern Tanzania
A Synthesis of the Dibble et al. Controlled Experiments into the Mechanics of Lithic Production
Measuring core reduction using 3D flake scar density
Snakes and Ladders
A geometric morphometric relationship predicts stone flake shape and size variability
A reassessment of technological change models for the Australian high country
A new approach to measure reduction intensity on cores and tools on cobbles
Lithic production strategies during the late Middle Pleistocene at Dali, Shaanxi Province, China
Lithic technologies at Guanyindong cave, Southwest China
The effects of blank size and knapping strategy on the estimation of core's reduction intensity
Lithic Technological Organization and Hafting in Early Villages
Use and Multifactorial Reconciliation of Uniface Reduction Measures
Comparing and Synthesizing Unifacial Stone Tool Reduction Indices
The Construction of Morphological Diversity
Reduction and Retouch as Independent Measures of Intensity
Australia’s Eastern Regional Sequence Revisited
Estimating original flake mass from 3D scans of platform area
New experimental evidence on the relation between percussion flaking and flake variation
Middle paleolithic scraper reduction
Approche technologique et économique du faciès Moustérien de type Quina
News and Short Contributions
Mousterian Tool Selection, Reduction, and Discard at Ghar, Israel
The reality of reduction experiments and the Giur
On the Validity of Middle Paleolithic Tool Types
The Neanderthal Legacy
Platform Variability and Flake Morphology
Flake Size from Platform Attributes
Kuhn's Geometric Index of Unifacial Stone Tool Reduction (Giur)
Defining and measuring reduction in unifacial stone tools
Early Australian implement variation
Experimental evaluation of Kuhn's geometric index of reduction and the flat-flake problem
A geometric index of reduction for unifacial stone tools
Measuring reduction in stone tools
Mousterian Lithic Technology
An Index of Invasiveness for the Measurement of Unifacial and Bifacial Retouch
The Analysis of Stone Tool Procurement, Production, and Maintenance
Landscape-scale variation in hominin tool use
Experimental and Archaeological Verification of an Index of Retouch for Hafted Bifaces
A New Synthesis of Middle Paleolithic Variability
Journal of Archaeological Science
Retouched Notches at Combe Grenal (France) and the Reduction Hypothesis
Biface Reduction and the Measurement of Dalton Curation
End Scraper Reduction and Hunter-Gatherer Mobility
The Interpretation of Middle Paleolithic Scraper Morphology
A Comparative Study of Basic Edge Angle Measurement Techniques
A New Technique for the Measurement of Artifact Angles
An Exegesis of the Curation Concept
| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,44 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |