Flake Size from Platform Attributes: Predictive and Empirical Approaches

An Index of Invasiveness for the Measurement of Unifacial and Bifacial Retouch: A Theoretical, Experimental and Archaeological Verification

“…It remains possible that Dibble and Pelcin's equation, if further developed (cf. Dibble, 1998;Pelcin, 1997Pelcin, , 1998; but see Shott et al, 2000), will become an important estimator of flake reduction once estimates of original flake weights can be shown to lie consistently within acceptable error margins. Archaeological assemblages may yet prove the most useful materials on which to develop these principles, given that they preserve an image of not only the underlying relationships but also the complexity and variation that occurs in non-laboratory circumstances (Hiscock & Clarkson, 2000).…”

Experimental evaluation of Kuhn's geometric index of reduction and the flat-flake problem

“…A large number of methods have been suggested and employed but only a few archaeological or experimental evaluations of these methods have been published (e.g. [3], [5], [9], [10], [19] and [22]). In this paper we provide an experimental review of one measure, the reduction index proposed by Kuhn [19].…”

Test, Model, and Method Validation: The Role of Experimental Stone Artifact Replication in Hypothesis-driven Archaeology

“…methods for estimating the amount or effects of mass removed from a flake or tool by retouch or resharpening-has received extensive coverage in the literature (Andrefsky 2006;Bradbury, Carr, and Randall Cooper 2009;Braun et al 2010;Clarkson 2002;Davis and Shea 1998;Eren et al 2005; Eren and Prendergast 2008; Eren and Sampson 2009;Hiscock and Clarkson 2005;Horowitz and McCall 2013;Patten 2005;Shott et al 2000Shott et al , 2007Marwick 2008;Morales, Lorenzo, and Vergès 2015;Wilson and Andrefsky 2008), but with some exceptions, it has not been intensive. Rather, researchers have focused on using an experiment for the purpose of proposing new or newly revamped methods rather than for thoroughly vetting methods and validating that they actually work for their asserted purpose (Shott et al 2007:205-206).…”

“…Within a decade or so, a number of controlled replication experiments appeared (e.g. Clarkson 2002;Shott et al 2000;Stout et al 2000;Whittaker and McCall 2001), signaling the emergence of replication as an important source of information regarding prehistoric human behavior.…”