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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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Archaeological and Experimental Data from the Bipolar-on-Anvil Debitage in the Middle Paleolithic Site of Los Aljezares (Aspe, Alicante, Spain)	13
The Functional Use of Quartz Crystal Points in Clovis Technology	11
Reviewing The Atlatl Hooks of Intihuasi Cave (Argentina): Implications For Advancing The Study of South American Spear-Thrower Technology	10
Contributions and Limitations of a Technomorphometric Approach for Cleavers: The Case of Lanne-Darré (Hautes-Pyrénées)	10
Geochemical and Petrographic Analyses on Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Cherts from the Central Region of Mediterranean Iberia	9
Chasing Mirages: Seeking Standardization among Prehistoric Stone Tools	9
Exploring the Gross-Edge Curvature of Experimentally Produced Preferential Levallois Debitage	7
Projectile Point Stem Repairs: Some Examples from Southeastern South America	7
Final Pleistocene-Early Holocene (∼40–8 ka) Lithic Industries in Southern China and Their Implications for Understanding the Prehistory of Mainland Southeast Asia	7
Lithic residue analysis – a review and guide to techniques	7
Morphological Variability in Micoquian Convergent Tools: A Case Study in Mezmaiskaya Cave, Northwestern Caucasus	6
The Influence of Tool Morphology on Visual Attention During the Interaction with Lower Palaeolithic Stone Tools	6
Standardization of Nubian Levallois Technology in Dhofar, Southern Arabia	6
Description, Morphometrics, and Microwear of Two Paleoindian Fluted Points from Nebraska and Illinois	6
Functional Perspectives on Lithic Standardization	5
Uniformity and Diversity in Handaxe Shape at the End of the Acheulean in Southwest Asia	5
Introducing Pandado: a newly discovered Acheulean site in the central Narmada Valley (CNV), India	5
New Evidence of Grinding Activities in Patagonian Steppe during the Late Holocene (ca. 2000 Years BP): the Laguna Azul Site (Somuncurá Plateau, Río Negro Province, Argentina)	5
The Sound of Success in the Early Palaeolithic: Better Knapping is Brighter, Clearer and More Attention Grabbing	5
Nice and Oval: Early Upper Paleolithic Bifaces from IVb Cultural Layer of Kostenki 14	5
Description, Microwear, and Morphometrics of Clovis and Possible-Clovis Lithic Artifacts from the Kasten Site, Erie County, Ohio, USA	4
Characteristics of Lithic Sound to Assess a Rock’s Predictability of Flaking	4
First Evidence for Adhesive and Composite-tool Use During the Upper Palaeolithic in South China	4
How Surprising are Lithic Reduction Strategies? The Information Entropy of the Modes A-I Framework	4
Assessment of Lithic Assemblages at Gedeo Stele Sites, Southern Ethiopia	4

Early Evidence of Atlatl Use in the Titicaca Basin: A Lithic, Microwear, and Typological Analysis	4
Morphometric Characterization of Denticulate Edged Tools from the Northern Coast of the Santa Cruz Province, Argentine Patagonia	4
Variable Perspectives on “ Standardization in the Stone Age ”	4
Analyzing skill in lithic dispersions using width, thickness and width-by-thickness ratio	4
Quarrying Granite with Dolerite Pounders in Ancient Egypt. Some Quantitative Assessment	3
The Knapping of Quartz Crystals during the Later Stone Age at Matupi Cave, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo	3
Heat Treatment of Chert in the Early Mesolithic at Rottenburg-Siebenlinden (Southwest Germany)	3
A Simple Experiment Challenges the Inference that Macro-fractures on Chipped-stone Tools are Clear Evidence of High-Velocity Impacts	3
Skill and Core Uniformity: An Experiment with Oldowan-like Flaking Systems	3
Recycling and Implications for Neanderthal Productive Strategies in the Stratigraphic Unit viii of the El Salt Rockshelter (Alcoi, Eastern Iberia)	3
Experimental Investigation of Knapping Characteristics of Dolerite and Implications for the Interpretation of Middle Stone Age Technologies	3
Assessing Microlithic Occupation in Bundelkhand: Technological and Statistical Evaluation of the Semardaha Microblade Industry, India	2
The “Stubby” Deer Antler Billet: Examples from the Oklahoma Plains Woodland	2
Intercomparison of Form, Size and Allometry in a Million-year-old and Modern Replicated Handaxe Set	2
Using Fire for Woodworking: An Experimental Exploration of Use-Wear on Lithic Tools	2
New Analysis of Unifacially Shaped Technology from the Tropical Lowlands of Colombia	2
Core Concept: Defining Cores in the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia	2
Technological Reconstruction of Lower Paleolithic Shaped Stone Balls: Experimental and Archaeological Insights	2
Burned Lithics: An Experimental Approach to Characterize the Effects of Fire on the Lithic Archaeological Record of Northern Patagonia, Argentina	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
Prehistoric stone tools of Eastern Africa: a guide	2
Evidence of Blade Technology in the Peruvian Highlands: The “Knife” of Huancarucma	2
Another Traveler Design In Southern Patagonia: Long Edges (Knives and Side-Scrapers) Manufactured on Bifacial Blanks	2
Middle Holocene Lithic Technological Organization and Upland Land Use in the Upper Susitna River Basin, Alaska	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
Understanding Chipped Stone Tools	2
Flexibility of the Levallois Concept in the Italian Late Middle Palaeolithic	1
Food Production and Manufacturing Tools of the Hormangan Neolithic Society, Iran	1
Comparing the Formation and Characteristics of Use-Wear Traces on Flint, Chert, Dolerite and Quartz	1
Where Are the “Lithics” of Chalcolithic Indus Civilization? A Comprehensive Review of Published Data	1
Hunting and Fishing in the Neolithic and Eneolithic	1
Morphologically Similar, but Regionally Distinct: Perdiz Arrow Points from Caddo Burial Contexts in the American Southeast	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
Techno-Typological Study of Tepe Abdul Hosein Stone Tools based on the National Museum Collection	1
Archaeological Survey and Lithic Artifacts Analysis of Prehistoric Sites in the Upper Jing River Basin, China	1
Functional Analysis Perspective on Flake Artifacts Found in Tomb Contexts: The Case of the Chalcolithic Souskiou-Laona Cemetery Lithic Assemblage, Cyprus	1
Understanding Chipped Stone Drills from an Iroquoian Village Site	1
Holocene Lithic Traditions on the Middle Nile in Light of New Data from Letti, Sudan	1
External and Terminal Ballistics of Early Bronze Age Lithic Arrowheads: Experimental Verification	1
Between Nomads and Settlers: A Quantitative Analysis of Lithic Assemblages from Tula’i (Tuleii), Zagros, Iran	1
A Strategic Approach to Stone Tool Economy: An Example from Southwest Germany	1
Petrology and Provenance Study of Stone Artifacts from the Mesolithic Cave of Kouvaras in Attica: A Preliminary Report	1
Endscrapers Variability and Differential Use of Landscapes During the Late Holocene in Central-Western Santa Cruz, Patagonia	1
The Paleolithic Quartz Assemblages of Denizli (South Aegean, Western Anatolia): A Selection of Bipolar Knapping, Techno-Typological and Experimental Approaches	1