Stephen J. Lycett  •  Parth R. Chauhan Editors

New Perspectives on Old Stones Analytical Approaches to Paleolithic Technologies

Editors Stephen J. Lycett Department of Anthropology University of Kent Canterbury, Kent UK [email protected]

Parth R. Chauhan Stone Age Institute Gosport, IN USA [email protected]

ISBN 978-1-4419-6860-9 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6861-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6861-6 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010934214 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

1 Analytical Approaches to Palaeolithic Technologies: An Introduction................................................................. Stephen J. Lycett and Parth R. Chauhan 2 A Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Plan Shape in Bone and Stone Acheulean Bifaces from the Middle Pleistocene Site of Castel di Guido, Latium, Italy................................... August G. Costa

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3 Regional Diversity Within the Core Technology of the Howiesons Poort Techno-Complex................................................ Chris Clarkson

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4 Questioning the Link Between Stone Tool Standardization and Behavioral Modernity........................................................................ Gilliane F. Monnier and Kieran P. McNulty

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5 The Quantitative Analysis of Mobility: Ecological Techniques and Archaeological Extensions............................................. Matt Grove

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6 Metrical Variability Between South Asian Handaxe Assemblages: Preliminary Observations................................................. 119 Parth R. Chauhan 7 Quantifying Variation in Landscape-Scale Behaviors: The Oldowan from Koobi Fora................................................................ 167 David R. Braun, Michael J. Rogers, John W. Harris, and Steven J. Walker 8 The Mathematics of Chaînes Opératoires............................................... 183 P. Jeffrey Brantingham

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  9 Cultural Transmission, Genetic Models and Palaeolithic Variability: Integrative Analytical Approaches............................................................................. 207 Stephen J. Lycett 10 Comparing Stone Tool Resharpening Trajectories with the Aid of Elliptical Fourier Analysis............................................ 235 Radu Ioviţă 11 An Assessment of the Impact of Resharpening on Paleoindian Projectile Point Blade Shape Using Geometric Morphometric Techniques........................................ 255 Briggs Buchanan and Mark Collard 12 Stone-Tool Demography: Reduction Distributions in North American Paleoindian Tools.................................................... 275 Michael J. Shott 13 The Future of Lithic Analysis in Palaeolithic Archaeology: A View from the Old World............................................ 295 John A.J. Gowlett 14 The Future of Paleolithic Studies: A View from the New World......... 311 Michael J. O’Brien Index.................................................................................................................. 335

Contributors

P. Jeffrey Brantingham Department of Anthropology, UCLA, 341 Haines Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA [email protected] David R. Braun Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa [email protected] Briggs Buchanan Laboratory of Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, 9635-8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada [email protected] Parth R. Chauhan Stone Age Institute, Gosport, IN, USA [email protected] Chris Clarkson School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia [email protected] Mark Collard Laboratory of Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, 9635-8888 University Drive Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada August G. Costa HOPE: Human Origins and Primate Evolution Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA

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John A.J. Gowlett British Academy Centenary Research Project, SACE, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK [email protected] Matt Grove Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, 64 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK [email protected] John W. Harris Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA Radu Ioviţă Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, Schloß Monrepos, 56567 Neuwied, Germany [email protected] Stephen J. Lycett Department of Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK [email protected] Kieran P. McNulty Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minnesota MN, USA [email protected] Gilliane F. Monnier Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minnesota MN, USA [email protected] Michael J. O’Brien Department of Anthropology, Arts and Science Dean’s Office, University of Missouri, 317 Lowry Hall, Columbia MO, 65211-6080, USA [email protected] Michael J. Rogers Department of Anthropology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT, 06515, USA Michael J. Shott Department of Classical Studies, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1910, USA [email protected] Steven J. Walker University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa