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Alastair Key
Alastair Key
Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology, University of Cambridge
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Edge angle as a variably influential factor in flake cutting efficiency: an experimental investigation of its relationship with tool size and loading
AJM Key, SJ Lycett
Archaeometry 57 (5), 911-927, 2015
932015
Are bigger flakes always better? An experimental assessment of flake size variation on cutting efficiency and loading
AJM Key, SJ Lycett
Journal of Archaeological Science 41, 140-146, 2014
912014
Influence of handaxe size and shape on cutting efficiency: a large-scale experiment and morphometric analysis
AJM Key, SJ Lycett
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 24, 514-541, 2017
752017
The evolution of the hominin thumb and the influence exerted by the non-dominant hand during stone tool production
AJM Key, CJ Dunmore
Journal of Human Evolution 78, 60-69, 2015
752015
Technology based evolution? A biometric test of the effects of handsize versus tool form on efficiency in an experimental cutting task
AJM Key, SJ Lycett
Journal of Archaeological Science 38 (7), 1663-1670, 2011
702011
Reassessing the production of handaxes versus flakes from a functional perspective
AJM Key, SJ Lycett
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 9, 737-753, 2017
692017
The manual pressures of stone tool behaviors and their implications for the evolution of the human hand
EM Williams-Hatala, KG Hatala, MK Gordon, A Key, M Kasper, TL Kivell
Journal of Human Evolution 119, 14-26, 2018
662018
Looking at handaxes from another angle: Assessing the ergonomic and functional importance of edge form in Acheulean bifaces
AJM Key, T Proffitt, E Stefani, SJ Lycett
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 44, 43-55, 2016
642016
Integrating mechanical and ergonomic research within functional and morphological analyses of lithic cutting technology: key principles and future experimental directions
AJM Key
Ethnoarchaeology 8 (1), 69-89, 2016
602016
Form and function in the Lower Palaeolithic: history, progress, and continued relevance
AJM Key, SJ Lycett
Journal of Anthropological Sciences 95, 67-108, 2017
572017
Hand grip diversity and frequency during the use of Lower Palaeolithic stone cutting-tools
A Key, SR Merritt, TL Kivell
Journal of human evolution 125, 137-158, 2018
502018
Quantifying lithic microwear with load variation on experimental basalt flakes using LSCM and area-scale fractal complexity (Asfc)
WJ Stemp, M Morozov, AJM Key
Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties 3 (3), 034006, 2015
482015
Investigating interrelationships between Lower Palaeolithic stone tool effectiveness and tool user biometric variation: implications for technological and evolutionary changes
AJM Key, SJ Lycett
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10, 989-1006, 2018
462018
Raw material optimization and stone tool engineering in the Early Stone Age of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
A Key, T Proffitt, I de la Torre
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17 (162), 20190377, 2020
412020
Miniaturization optimized weapon killing power during the social stress of late pre-contact North America (AD 600-1600)
A Mika, K Flood, JD Norris, M Wilson, A Key, B Buchanan, B Redmond, ...
Plos one 15 (3), e0230348, 2020
392020
Is loading a significantly influential factor in the development of lithic microwear? An experimental test using LSCM on basalt from Olduvai Gorge
AJM Key, WJ Stemp, M Morozov, T Proffitt, I de la Torre
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 22, 1193-1214, 2015
392015
Modelling the end of the Acheulean at global and continental levels suggests widespread persistence into the Middle Palaeolithic
AJM Key, I Jarić, DL Roberts
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 8 (1), 1-12, 2021
382021
Early stage blunting causes rapid reductions in stone tool performance
A Key, MR Fisch, MI Eren
Journal of Archaeological Science 91, 1-11, 2018
382018
Comparing the use of meat and clay during cutting and projectile research
A Key, J Young, MR Fisch, ME Chaney, A Kramer, MI Eren
Engineering Fracture Mechanics 192, 163-175, 2018
322018
Optimal linear estimation models predict 1400–2900 years of overlap between Homo sapiens and Neandertals prior to their disappearance from France and …
I Djakovic, A Key, M Soressi
Scientific Reports 12 (1), 15000, 2022
312022
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