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Papers

(The median citation count of Lithic Technology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The Functional Use of Quartz Crystal Points in Clovis Technology	10
Contributions and Limitations of a Technomorphometric Approach for Cleavers: The Case of Lanne-Darré (Hautes-Pyrénées)	10
Chasing Mirages: Seeking Standardization among Prehistoric Stone Tools	10
Archaeological and Experimental Data from the Bipolar-on-Anvil Debitage in the Middle Paleolithic Site of Los Aljezares (Aspe, Alicante, Spain)	10
Description, Morphometrics, and Microwear of Two Paleoindian Fluted Points from Nebraska and Illinois	8
Reviewing The Atlatl Hooks of Intihuasi Cave (Argentina): Implications For Advancing The Study of South American Spear-Thrower Technology	8
Projectile Point Stem Repairs: Some Examples from Southeastern South America	8
Exploring the Gross-Edge Curvature of Experimentally Produced Preferential Levallois Debitage	8
Comparing Later Stone Age to Iron Age Quartz Lithic Technologies in Western Kenya	8
Final Pleistocene-Early Holocene (∼40–8 ka) Lithic Industries in Southern China and Their Implications for Understanding the Prehistory of Mainland Southeast Asia	8
Nice and Oval: Early Upper Paleolithic Bifaces from IVb Cultural Layer of Kostenki 14	7
Standardization of Nubian Levallois Technology in Dhofar, Southern Arabia	7
Morphological Variability in Micoquian Convergent Tools: A Case Study in Mezmaiskaya Cave, Northwestern Caucasus	7
The Sound of Success in the Early Palaeolithic: Better Knapping is Brighter, Clearer and More Attention Grabbing	6
Functional Perspectives on Lithic Standardization	6
Early Evidence of Atlatl Use in the Titicaca Basin: A Lithic, Microwear, and Typological Analysis	5
First Evidence for Adhesive and Composite-tool Use During the Upper Palaeolithic in South China	5
Variable Perspectives on “ Standardization in the Stone Age ”	5
Uniformity and Diversity in Handaxe Shape at the End of the Acheulean in Southwest Asia	5
Description, Microwear, and Morphometrics of Clovis and Possible-Clovis Lithic Artifacts from the Kasten Site, Erie County, Ohio, USA	4
Assessment of Lithic Assemblages at Gedeo Stele Sites, Southern Ethiopia	4
Heat Treatment of Chert in the Early Mesolithic at Rottenburg-Siebenlinden (Southwest Germany)	3
Another Traveler Design In Southern Patagonia: Long Edges (Knives and Side-Scrapers) Manufactured on Bifacial Blanks	3
Quarrying Granite with Dolerite Pounders in Ancient Egypt. Some Quantitative Assessment	3
Experimental Investigation of Knapping Characteristics of Dolerite and Implications for the Interpretation of Middle Stone Age Technologies	3

Middle Holocene Lithic Technological Organization and Upland Land Use in the Upper Susitna River Basin, Alaska	3
The “Stubby” Deer Antler Billet: Examples from the Oklahoma Plains Woodland	3
A Simple Experiment Challenges the Inference that Macro-fractures on Chipped-stone Tools are Clear Evidence of High-Velocity Impacts	3
Recycling and Implications for Neanderthal Productive Strategies in the Stratigraphic Unit viii of the El Salt Rockshelter (Alcoi, Eastern Iberia)	3
Burned Lithics: An Experimental Approach to Characterize the Effects of Fire on the Lithic Archaeological Record of Northern Patagonia, Argentina	3
Technological Reconstruction of Lower Paleolithic Shaped Stone Balls: Experimental and Archaeological Insights	3
How Surprising are Lithic Reduction Strategies? The Information Entropy of the Modes A-I Framework	3
Skill and Core Uniformity: An Experiment with Oldowan-like Flaking Systems	3
Assessing Microlithic Occupation in Bundelkhand: Technological and Statistical Evaluation of the Semardaha Microblade Industry, India	2
Intercomparison of Form, Size and Allometry in a Million-year-old and Modern Replicated Handaxe Set	2
Core Concept: Defining Cores in the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia	2
New Analysis of Unifacially Shaped Technology from the Tropical Lowlands of Colombia	2
Where Are the “Lithics” of Chalcolithic Indus Civilization? A Comprehensive Review of Published Data	2
A Flint Industry from the Pottery Neolithic Lodian Hamlet at Nahal Yarmuth 38, Central Israel	2
Lithic Strategies at the Bronze Age Citadel of Kaymakçi (Western Anatolia, Türkiye): Raw material, Technological, and Use-Wear Analyses	2
Criteria for Identifying Knapping Skill Level Through the Analysis of Lithic Cores: An Example from Val Lastari, Late Palaeolithic, Italy	2
Transformation and Sustainability Within Levallois Reduction Strategy of Sürmecik, Western Anatolia/Aegean	2
Archaeological Survey and Lithic Artifacts Analysis of Prehistoric Sites in the Upper Jing River Basin, China	2
The Knapping of Quartz Crystals during the Later Stone Age at Matupi Cave, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo	2
Using Fire for Woodworking: An Experimental Exploration of Use-Wear on Lithic Tools	2
Making Sense of Quartz Assemblages: A Multi-Method Approach to a Small Mesolithic Site in Eastern Central Sweden	2
Evidence of Blade Technology in the Peruvian Highlands: The “Knife” of Huancarucma	2
Understanding Chipped Stone Tools	2
The Late Palaeolithic Workshop Features: The Example of Kocierz Site 3 in North-Western Poland	1
Flexibility of the Levallois Concept in the Italian Late Middle Palaeolithic	1
Between Nomads and Settlers: A Quantitative Analysis of Lithic Assemblages from Tula’i (Tuleii), Zagros, Iran	1
Principles of Modern Artistic Design in Late Pleistocene Clovis Stone Biface Technology	1
Petrology and Provenance Study of Stone Artifacts from the Mesolithic Cave of Kouvaras in Attica: A Preliminary Report	1
Functional Analysis Perspective on Flake Artifacts Found in Tomb Contexts: The Case of the Chalcolithic Souskiou-Laona Cemetery Lithic Assemblage, Cyprus	1
Holocene Lithic Traditions on the Middle Nile in Light of New Data from Letti, Sudan	1
Technological and Protein Residue Analysis on Ancient Stemmed Projectile Points of the Southern Andes Highlands	1
Hayonim Cave: From the Early to the Middle Palaeolithic in the Levant (Israel)	1
Lithic Standardization and Behavioral Complexity in the Middle Stone Age – A Case Study From Sibhudu, South Africa	1
Hunting and Fishing in the Neolithic and Eneolithic	1
Endscrapers Variability and Differential Use of Landscapes During the Late Holocene in Central-Western Santa Cruz, Patagonia	1
A Strategic Approach to Stone Tool Economy: An Example from Southwest Germany	1
Food Production and Manufacturing Tools of the Hormangan Neolithic Society, Iran	1
Macrodebitage Writ Small? Studying Stoneknapping with Experimental Archaeology, Dynamic Image Analysis, and Statistics	1
Understanding Chipped Stone Drills from an Iroquoian Village Site	1
Investigating Morphological and Technological Variability of Cleavers in the Middle Berach Basin, Northwestern India: A Comparative Analysis	1