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Flake tools and handaxes at High Lodge: patterns in size and shape?
Rob Hosfield
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Abstract
This paper explores possible size and shape patterning in Lower Palaeolithic flake tools and handaxes, using the published (Ashton & Cook 1992) primary metrics of the High Lodge Old Collections as a case study. Comparison of coefficient of variation (C.V.) values suggests that while raw artefact metrics and shape proxy values inevitably differ by artefact type, the degree of variability by type is frequently comparable for scrapers, notches and denticulates, flaked flakes, and handaxes. The data from this preliminary investigation therefore suggests that long-standing descriptions of Acheulean flake tools as ad hoc and unstandardised might merit further and fuller re-investigation. Full reference: Hosfield, R.T. 2013. Flake tools and handaxes at High Lodge: patterns in size and shape? Lithics: the Journal of the Lithic Studies Society 34: 23–33 Keywords: Typology, flake tools, Lower Palaeolithic, morphometrics