Subject: Intentional retouch vs. incidental edge modification on flint flakes: a case study from 'Ubeidiya, Israel

The project aims to identify and distinguish between intentional retouch and incidental edge modification on flint flakes caused by post-depositional taphonomic processes and/or bipolar-on-anvil knapping. Using the Early Pleistocene site of 'Ubeidiya, Israel, as a case study, this project studies intentional retouch as a proxy for increased technical skills and cognitive behaviors in dispersing hominins. 

 

Advisors: Prof. Yossi Zaidner and Prof. Naama Goren-Inbar

The Laboratory for the Study of Human Cultural Evolution

 

 

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