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  Quantifying knapping actions: A method for measuring the angle of blow on flakes

Li, L., Reeves, J. S., Lin, S. C., Tennie, C., & McPherron, S. P. (2022). Quantifying knapping actions: A method for measuring the angle of blow on flakes. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14(8): 156. doi:10.1007/s12520-022-01626-y.

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Li, Li, Author
Reeves, Jonathan S.1, Author                 
Lin, Sam C., Author
Tennie, Claudio2, Author                 
McPherron, Shannon P.2, Author                 
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1Lise Meitner Group Technological Primates, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, ou_3222265              
2Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, ou_1497673              

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Free keywords: Knapping actions, Experimental archeology, Fracture mechanics, Bulb angle, Angle of blow
 Abstract: Stone artifacts are critical for investigating the evolution of hominin behavior—they are among our only proxies for hominin behavior in deep time. Hominin cognition and skill are often inferred by reconstructing the technical decisions hominins made throughout the knapping process. However, despite many advancements in understanding how hominins knapped, some of the key factors involved in past flake production cannot be easily/readily derived from stone artifacts. In particular, the angle at which the knapper strikes the hammer against the core to remove the flake, or the angle of blow, is a key component of the knapping process that has up to now remained unmeasurable on archeological assemblages. In this study, we introduce a new method for estimating the angle of blow from the ventral surface of flakes. This method was derived from a controlled experiment that explicitly connects fracture mechanics to flake variability. We find that a feature of the flake’s bulb of percussion, what we call the bulb angle, is a measurable indicator of the angle of blow. Our experimental finding is further validated in two additional datasets from controlled and replicative knapping experiments. These results demonstrate the utility of continuing to link flake variation with technical decision-making to fracture mechanics. In addition, they also provide a useful and relatively simple means to capture a currently invisible aspect of hominin stone tool production behavior.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2022-07-23
 Publication Status: Published online
 Pages: 16
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1007/s12520-022-01626-y
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Title: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 14 (8) Sequence Number: 156 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1866-9565
ISSN: 1866-9557