Why study Paleolithic technology? What can old stone tools, ancient fire pits, and painted cave walls tell us about our evolutionary past? Humans occupy a rarified position in the modern world.

Hominins at the site exhibited meticulous planning and efficiency in their manufacturing and resource management strategies.

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 5: 1–55. 1996 Hayden, Brian, Nora Franco, and Jim Spafford “Evaluating lithic strategies and design criteria.” In George Odell, (ed), Theory and behavior ...

Blade cores provided a portable source of stone or obsidian for manufacturing different kinds of tools by flaking off pieces from the core. The basis of many Upper Paleolithic tool forms from both ...

This is the first discovery of its kind in North China from the Paleolithic period. "Traditionally, we believed stone tool making was simply a matter of subtraction, changing the shape of the ...

“Sex, Symmetry, and Silliness in the Bifacial World.” Antiquity 83:1163–1175. 2000 Hayden, B., Nora Franco, and Jim Spafford. “Keatley Creek lithic strategies ...

AMMAN - The archaeological journey of Professor Seiji Kadowaki in Jordan started in 2000 when he became a member of the ...