Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape

Four ways archaeologists have tried to gain insights into how flintknapping creates lithic variability are fracture mechanics, controlled experimentation, replication and attribute studies of lithic assemblages. Fracture mechanics has the advantage of drawing more directly on first principles derive...

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Main Authors: Shannon P. McPherron, Aylar Abdolahzadeh, Will Archer, Annie Chan, Igor Djakovic, Tamara Dogandžić, George M. Leader, Li Li, Sam Lin, Matthew Magnani, Jonathan Reeves, Zeljko Rezek, Marcel Weiss, Jianguo Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673556/?tool=EBI