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{"title":"What can lithics tell us about the evolution of learning and development?","authors":"Megan Beney Kilgore,&nbsp;Cheng Liu,&nbsp;Dietrich Stout","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Prolonged childhood is a remarkable human life history stage that has been linked with uniquely human learning demands and/or developmental costs. Lithics have the potential to tell us about the evolution of childhood, but only if we develop better interpretive models for differentiating the products of juveniles and adults, and for understanding the influence of age on learning aptitudes and costs. Here we discuss an initial experimental study of children learning basic flaking skills. Contrary to the hypothesis of a childhood learning advantage, our child participants performed much more poorly than adults. This was explained at least in part by lower grip strength and mental rotation ability, highlighting the developmental obstacles to child knapping. This implies additional costs to practice and adds no support to the widespread assumption that knapping was predominantly learned in middle childhood. However, there are many reasons to question the generalizability of our specific findings, including idiosyncratic child rearing practices and behavioral norms in our contemporary U.S. sample. More experiments with longer training times and larger samples in more diverse social and cultural contexts are urgently needed. We hope the current report can provide a useful starting point.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 S3","pages":"S68-S86"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148147022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What can lithics tell us about anthropological archaeology's grand challenges?","authors":"Benjamin Utting,&nbsp;Isis Mesfin,&nbsp;Dylan Gaffney","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 S3","pages":"S5-S7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148147051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Do Lithics Tell Us About How Pleistocene Hominins Survived?","authors":"John J. Shea","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Hominin fossils and lithic evidence can, considered together, shed light on major changes in hominin evolution. Correlated changes in hominin fossil and lithic evidence appear at three major inflection points, ca. 3.4, 1.7, and 0.3 Ma. These inflection points mark evolutionarily consequential changes in hominin survival strategies.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 S3","pages":"S31-S39"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148147082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature","authors":"Metin I. Eren,&nbsp;Stephen J. Lycett,&nbsp;Michelle R. Bebber,&nbsp;Alastair Key,&nbsp;Briggs Buchanan,&nbsp;Emma Finestone,&nbsp;Joseph Benson,&nbsp;Rebecca Biermann Gürbüz,&nbsp;Adela Cebeiro,&nbsp;Roman Garba,&nbsp;Anne Grunow,&nbsp;C. Owen Lovejoy,&nbsp;Danielle MacDonald,&nbsp;Erica Maletic,&nbsp;G. Logan Miller,&nbsp;Joseph D. Ortiz,&nbsp;Jonathan Paige,&nbsp;Justin Pargeter,&nbsp;Tomos Proffitt,&nbsp;Mary Ann Raghanti,&nbsp;Teal Riley,&nbsp;Jeffrey I. Rose,&nbsp;David M. Singer,&nbsp;Robert S. Walker","doi":"10.1111/arcm.13075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13075","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes—knapping—is thought to represent a significant stage in hominin technological evolution because it facilitated the exploitation of novel resources, including meat obtained from medium-to-large-sized vertebrates. The invention of knapping may have occurred via an additive (i.e., cumulative) process that combined several innovative stages. Here, we propose that one of these stages was the hominin use of ‘naturaliths,’ which we define as naturally produced sharp stone fragments that could be used as cutting tools. Based on a review of the literature and our own research, we first suggest that the ‘typical’ view, namely that sharp-edged stones are seldom produced by nonprimate processes, is likely incorrect. Instead, naturaliths can be, and are being, endlessly produced in a wide range of settings and thus may occur on the landscape in far greater numbers than archaeologists currently understand or acknowledge. We then explore the potential role this ‘naturalith prevalence’ may have played in the origin of hominin stone knapping. Our hypothesis suggests that the origin of knapping was not a ‘Eureka!’ moment whereby hominins first made a sharp flake by intention or by accident and then sought something to cut, but instead was an emulative process by hominins aiming to reproduce the sharp tools furnished by mother nature and already in demand. We conclude with a discussion of several corollaries our proposal prompts, and several avenues of future research that can support or question our proposal.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 S3","pages":"S8-S30"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/arcm.13075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148147220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Do Lithics Tell Us About Aesthetics and Artistry?","authors":"Pierre-Jean Texier","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70119","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The earliest knappers were required to master the fundamental parameters of stone knapping in order to overcome the constraints imposed by raw materials. Only from the Acheulean period onward they were able to achieve the degree of technical freedom and skill necessary for any form of aesthetic expression. On the African continent, the adoption by <i>Homo erectus</i> of percussion using an organic hammer for shaping large cutting tools is attested as early as one million years ago. Thus, at the Isenya site in Kenya, alongside a few perfectly spherical quartz bolas produced by pecking and a large number of remarkably well-balanced phonolite handaxes systematically shaped using a soft organic hammer, a refined aesthetic finish is also observed on a small number of cleavers. This is expressed through balanced proportions, regular contours, and straight edges, while the terminal bevel—considered the specific functional attribute of this tool—remains unchanged. During the Late Pleistocene in Western Europe, the Solutrean Volgu points, exceptional in both size and finesse and the result of a very long reduction and shaping process as demonstrated by experimental replicas, represent a combination of technical achievement, aesthetics, and symbolism. They are impractical, although derived from functional forms inspired by laurel-leaf tools. Similarly, during the Egyptian Predynastic period and the Classic Maya period in Central America, the creation of unique stone objects required a series of complex operations combining multiple knapping techniques practiced at the highest level. These productions, based on exceptional expertise, resulted in objects of strong symbolic significance. The maintenance, modification, or complete loss of the dynamic function of technically complex lithic artifacts thus appears to define the threshold between aesthetic awareness and true artistic expression.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 S3","pages":"S87-S97"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148147275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 S2","pages":"S1-S4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148066484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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{"title":"An Archaeometallurgical Investigation on Some Archaeological Metal Finds From the Sasanian Site of Jahāngir, Western Iran","authors":"Omid Oudbashi,&nbsp;Leila Khosravi,&nbsp;Morteza Habibzadeh","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70064","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Twelve metal artifacts from recent excavations at the Sasanian archaeological site of Jahāngir in western Iran have been analyzed. These items include both decorative and utilitarian artifacts. The samples were examined using micro-X-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF), scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and metallography techniques. The analysis revealed that 11 of the artifacts were made from various copper alloys, including impure copper, tin bronze, leaded tin bronze, and brass. One ring was found to be composed of a lead-antimony alloy. The microstructures of the artifacts showed a range of nonmetallic inclusions and varying degrees of thermomechanical processing used to achieve their final forms.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 S1","pages":"S103-S115"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/arcm.70064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148086781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Archaeometry Dialogues: Archaeological Science in the Middle East","authors":"Omid Oudbashi,&nbsp;Laure Dussubieux","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70136","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 S1","pages":"S5-S6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148063038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}