Refitting evidence for the stratigraphic integrity of the Kudu Koppie Early to Middle Stone Age site, northern Limpopo Province, South Africa

Making Points: The Middle Stone Age lithic industry of the Makgadikgadi Basin, Botswana

“…A multitude of approaches to lithic analysis have been used in MSA research. One standard is the chaîne op eratoire, which is now commonplace also in southern Africa (e.g., de la Peña and Lombard and H€ ogberg, 2018;Porraz et al, 2013;Rigaud et al, 2006;Soriano et al, 2015;Sumner and Kuman, 2014;Will and Conard, 2016). A chaîne op eratoire framework requires an indepth "reading" of archaeological material (e.g., identification of raw material, production techniques and methods; classification according to stages of manufacture as well as post-production modifications; distinction of artefact types, etc.…”

On identifying Palaeolithic single occupation episodes: archaeostratigraphic and technological approaches to the Neanderthal lithic record of stratigraphic unit xa of El Salt (Alcoi, eastern Iberia)

“…Methodologically, this has been approached through spatial analysis by combining archaeostratigraphy and lithic refitting to identify specific knapping sequences and intra-site dynamics (e.g. Bourguignon et al 2008;López et al 2017;Machado et al 2013Machado et al , 2019Nerudová and Neruda 2017;Romagnoli and Vaquero 2016;Sañudo et al 2016;Sumner and Kuman 2014;Takakura 2018;Vaquero 2008;Vaquero et al 2012bVaquero et al , 2017.…”

Lithic refitting and its implication for the integrity and duration of site occupation: The case of the Late Upper Paleolithic site of Kiusu-5 in Hokkaido, Northern Japan

“…It has often been stated that the refitting of chipped stone artifacts can objectively unite isolated artifacts into larger units which make sense in terms of the formation process of an archaeological record. This has provided valuable data for the reconstruction of human behaviors as well as for understanding the taphonomy (e.g., an assessment of integrity of the context, the degree of post-depositional movement, and an approximate order of time that the assemblage represents) of an archaeological record in a site (e.g., Leroi-Gourhan and Brézillon, 1966;Cahen et al, 1979;Villa, 1982;Volkman, 1983;Skar and Coulson, 1986;Pigeot, 1987;Olive, 1988;Roebroeks, 1988;Bergman et al, 1990;Bodu et al, 1990;Cziesla, 1990;Morrow, 1996;Bamforth and Becker, 2000;Vaquero et al, 2007;Sumner and Kuman, 2014). Although the study of refitting in archaeology has a history of more than 100 years, its analytical importance has only been widely recognized in the last four decades (De Loecker et al, 2003).…”