Our latest paper on the pronounced increase in handaxe knapping skill present between the earliest Acheulean and that appearing in MIS 13 in Britain is now out in JAS: Reports.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#archaeology #palaeolithic #openaccess #handaxes

Another new paper out in the wild, this time exploring tranchet technique at the Lower #Palaeolithic site of #Boxgrove and the transmission of complex knapping via social signalling.

doi.org/10.1017/S095...

Exciting possibilities for lithic imaging with the new RTI superdome that's just been installed at Durham. It will be interesting to see what kind of images can be produced of the experimental battering damage that we've been creating on replica handaxes...

If you like a bit of #Acheulean in your life, I have a new paper out today looking at the putative twisted ovate handaxe assemblage at Swanscombe and what they can tell us about changing hominin technological traditions at the site.

#Palaeolithic #lithics #archaeology

doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

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JHE Update: First, we are profoundly grateful for the outpouring of support from the human evolution community for the collective decision to resign. While Andrea and I intended to continue handling our existing manuscripts for 3 months following resignation and were continuing to do so ... (1/3)

Interesting start to 2025 seeing the Editorial Board of JHE resign en masse. I support their exceptionally difficult decision in the face of what can only be described as a profiteering company blatantly trying to make the largest amount of money from the smallest degree of intellectual oversight.

This brilliant synthesis of the work into revising the terrace stratigraphy of the Little Ouse River & what it can tell us about the Palaeolithic archaeology of central East Anglia just came out last Friday. I helped with the work at Santon Downham as part of it. doi.org/10.1016/j.qe...

@drefoulds.bsky.social - of any interest to you?

Highly recommend getting yourself on one of James' courses if you're interesting in learning the ins and outs of flintknapping.

My other account (@judgefredd.bsky.social) is gaining #archaeologist followers, so this is a separate account to split academic posts out from my hobby related content.

By way of an intro, I'm a #Palaeolithic #archaeologist at Durham working on social traditions in #Acheulean #handaxe manufacture.