Justin Pargeter
@justinpargeter.bsky.social
Africanist archaeologist, Assistant Professor @
NYU, Cultural Evolution, Lithic Analysis, rstats, papers @ https://nyu.academia.edu/JustinPargeter
NYU, Cultural Evolution, Lithic Analysis, rstats, papers @ https://nyu.academia.edu/JustinPargeter
Here, we propose a new perspective on early stone tool technology: emulation of naturally occurring sharp-edged stones (naturaliths) instead of inventing via 'Eureka!' moments. Nature provided the blueprint; hominins took it further.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
March 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Here, we propose a new perspective on early stone tool technology: emulation of naturally occurring sharp-edged stones (naturaliths) instead of inventing via 'Eureka!' moments. Nature provided the blueprint; hominins took it further.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
Top of the 2025 reading list
January 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Top of the 2025 reading list
Exciting opportunity two African Masters students to investigate the abrasion and percussion of ochre @Boomplaas. Co-supervised by Guilhem Mauran and Tammy Hodgskiss Reynard at Wits Archaeology.
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November 19, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Exciting opportunity two African Masters students to investigate the abrasion and percussion of ochre @Boomplaas. Co-supervised by Guilhem Mauran and Tammy Hodgskiss Reynard at Wits Archaeology.
safarchaeology.org/resources/Ma...
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