Stone Knapping :  The Necessary Conditions for a Uniquely Hominin Behaviour  

 - Cambridge  McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research  2005 
 - xi, 355 p. :  ill ;  29 cm. 
 - McDonald Institute monographs,  1363-1349 .
 - McDonald Institute monographs .
<br/><br/> "This volume originates in a workshop held in Pont-à-Mousson in November 2001 'Stone kapping : a uniquely hominid behaviour'"--Pref. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>General introduction: A dynamic systems framework for studying a uniquely hominin innovation / Valentine Roux & Blandine Bril -- Remarks about archaeological techniques and methods of knapping : elements of a cognitive approach to stone knapping / Jacques Pelegrin -- From simple flaking to shaping : stone-knapping evolution among early hominins / Hélène Roche -- Stone knapping : Khambhat (India), a unique opportunity? / Blandine Bril, Valentine Roux & Gilles Dietrich -- The organization of arm kinematic synergies : the case of stone-bead knapping in Khambhat / Elena V. Biryukova [and others] -- Planning abilities as a dynamic perceptual-motor skill : an actualist study of different levels of expertise involved in stone knapping / Valentine Roux & Eva David -- An investigation of knapping-skill development in the manufacture of Palaeolithic handaxes / Vicky Winton -- The biomechanics of the complex coordinated stroke / Galina P. Ivanova --^ Action dynamics in tool use / Ad W. Smitsman, Ralf F.A. Cox & Raoul M. Bongers -- A preliminary analysis of nut-cracking movements in a captive chimpanzee : adaptation to the properties of tools and nuts / Julie Foucart [and others] -- The maker not the tool : the cognitive significance of great ape manual skills / Richard W. Byrne -- Capuchins as stone-knappers? : an evaluation of the evidence / Sarah E. Cummins-Sebree & Dorothy M. Fragaszy -- Dynamic interactions between posture, handedness, and bimanual coordination in human infants : why stone knapping might be a uniquely hominin behaviour / Daniela Corbetta -- Investigating manual specializations in extant and extinct hominins / M.K. Holder -- Humans, tools and handedness / James Steele & Natalie Uomini -- Who made stone tools? / Mary W. Marzke -- The importance of direct vs indirect corticospinal connections for dexterity and their evolution / Marc A. Maier [and others] --^ Neural foundations of perception and action in stone knapping / Dietrich Stout -- Three-dimensional analysis of tool-use gestures in apraxic patients / Stéphane Jacobs, Nezha Bennis & Agnès Roby-Brami -- Transfer according to the means in human infants : the secret to generative tool-use? / Emily W. Bushnell, Jason Sidman & Amy E. Brugger -- Tool use from a perception-action perspective : developmental and evolutionary considerations / Jeffrey J. Lockman -- The social and cultural context of stone-knapping skill acquisition / Dietrich Stout -- Percussive technology : chimpanzee baobab smashing and the evolutionary modelling of hominin knapping / Linda F. Marchant & William C. McGrew -- Synthesis and speculations / Blandine Bril & Valentine Roux. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1902937341 (hbk.) 9781902937342 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Flintknapping--Congresses.<br/>Stone implements--Congresses.<br/>Hominids--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Conference papers and proceedings
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN434.2F55