Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools
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Resumo: | Percussive technology continues to play an increasingly important role in understanding the evolution of tool use. Comparing the archaeological record with extractive foraging behaviors in nonhuman primates has focused on percussive implements as a key to investigating the origins of lithic technology. Despite this, archaeological approaches towards percussive tools have been obscured by a lack of standardized methodologies. Central to this issue have been the use of qualitative, non-diagnostic techniques to identify percussive tools from archaeological contexts. Here we describe a new morphometric method for distinguishing anthropogenically-generated damage patterns on percussive tools from naturally damaged river cobbles. We employ a geomatic approach through the use of three-dimensional scanning and geographical information systems software to statistically quantify the identification process in percussive technology research. This will strengthen current technological analyses of percussive tools in archaeological frameworks and open new avenues for translating behavioral inferences of early hominins from percussive damage patterns. |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive toolsPinnacle Point 13BSouth-AfricaStone-ageOlduvai GorgeNut crackingEdge damageBed-IiTechnologyEthiopiaMiddlePercussive technology continues to play an increasingly important role in understanding the evolution of tool use. Comparing the archaeological record with extractive foraging behaviors in nonhuman primates has focused on percussive implements as a key to investigating the origins of lithic technology. Despite this, archaeological approaches towards percussive tools have been obscured by a lack of standardized methodologies. Central to this issue have been the use of qualitative, non-diagnostic techniques to identify percussive tools from archaeological contexts. Here we describe a new morphometric method for distinguishing anthropogenically-generated damage patterns on percussive tools from naturally damaged river cobbles. We employ a geomatic approach through the use of three-dimensional scanning and geographical information systems software to statistically quantify the identification process in percussive technology research. This will strengthen current technological analyses of percussive tools in archaeological frameworks and open new avenues for translating behavioral inferences of early hominins from percussive damage patterns.Palaeontological Scientific Trust; National Research Foundation; National Science Foundation [BCS-1128170, BCS-0924476]; Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program [DGE-0801634]; George Washington University's Selective Excellence Fund; George Washington University Columbian College Facilitating Fund; Clare Hall College [JRF]; Newnham College [Gibbs Travelling Fellowship] Cambridge; European Research Council [283959]Public Library of ScienceSapientiaCaruana, Matthew V.Carvalho, SusanaBraun, David R.Presnyakova, DaryaHaslam, MichaelArcher, WillBobe, RenéHarris, John W. K.2018-12-07T14:53:30Z20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11549eng1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0113856info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-24T10:23:22Zoai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/11549Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:03:02.544454Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools Caruana, Matthew V. Pinnacle Point 13B South-Africa Stone-age Olduvai Gorge Nut cracking Edge damage Bed-Ii Technology Ethiopia Middle |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools |
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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools |
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Caruana, Matthew V. |
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Caruana, Matthew V. Carvalho, Susana Braun, David R. Presnyakova, Darya Haslam, Michael Archer, Will Bobe, René Harris, John W. K. |
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Carvalho, Susana Braun, David R. Presnyakova, Darya Haslam, Michael Archer, Will Bobe, René Harris, John W. K. |
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Sapientia |
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Caruana, Matthew V. Carvalho, Susana Braun, David R. Presnyakova, Darya Haslam, Michael Archer, Will Bobe, René Harris, John W. K. |
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Pinnacle Point 13B South-Africa Stone-age Olduvai Gorge Nut cracking Edge damage Bed-Ii Technology Ethiopia Middle |
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Pinnacle Point 13B South-Africa Stone-age Olduvai Gorge Nut cracking Edge damage Bed-Ii Technology Ethiopia Middle |
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Percussive technology continues to play an increasingly important role in understanding the evolution of tool use. Comparing the archaeological record with extractive foraging behaviors in nonhuman primates has focused on percussive implements as a key to investigating the origins of lithic technology. Despite this, archaeological approaches towards percussive tools have been obscured by a lack of standardized methodologies. Central to this issue have been the use of qualitative, non-diagnostic techniques to identify percussive tools from archaeological contexts. Here we describe a new morphometric method for distinguishing anthropogenically-generated damage patterns on percussive tools from naturally damaged river cobbles. We employ a geomatic approach through the use of three-dimensional scanning and geographical information systems software to statistically quantify the identification process in percussive technology research. This will strengthen current technological analyses of percussive tools in archaeological frameworks and open new avenues for translating behavioral inferences of early hominins from percussive damage patterns. |
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