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Arroyo, Adrian, Proffitt, Tomos, Key, Alastair J. M. (2019) Morphometric and technological analysis of Acheulean large cutting tools from Porzuna (Ciudad Real, Spain) and questions of African affinities. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 27 . Article Number 101992. ISSN 2352-409X. (doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101992) (KAR id:76312)
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Bebber, Michelle, Key, Alastair J. M., Fisch, Michael, Meindle, Richard, Eren, Metin I. (2019) The exceptional abandonment of metal tools by North American hunter-gatherers, 3000 B.P. Scientific Reports, 9 (5756). ISSN 2045-2322. (doi:10.1038/s41598-019-42185-y) (KAR id:73413)
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De Smedt, Philippe, Mika, Anna, Flood, Kat, Norris, James D., Wilson, Michael, Key, Alastair J. M., Buchanan, Briggs, Redmond, Brian, Pargeter, Justin, Bebber, Michelle R., and others. (2020) Miniaturization optimized weapon killing power during the social stress of late pre-contact North America (AD 600-1600). PLOS ONE, 15 (3). Article Number 230348. ISSN 1932-6203. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230348) (KAR id:80943)
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Dunmore, Christopher J., Patemen, Ben, Key, Alastair J.M. (2018) A citation network analysis of lithic microwear research. Journal of Archaeological Science, 91 . pp. 33-42. ISSN 0305-4403. (doi:10.1016/j.jas.2018.01.006) (KAR id:65875)
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Key, Alastair, Roberts, David, Jarić, Ivan (2021) Reconstructing the full temporal range of archaeological phenomena from sparse data. Journal of Archaeological Science, 135 . Article Number 105479. ISSN 0305-4403. E-ISSN 1095-9238. (doi:10.1016/j.jas.2021.105479) (KAR id:90224)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Roberts, David L., Jarić, Ivan (2021) Statistical inference of earlier origins for the first flaked stone technologies. Journal of Human Evolution, 154 . Article Number 102976. ISSN 0047-2484. (doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102976) (KAR id:87304)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Jarić, Ivan, Roberts, David L. (2021) Modelling the end of the Acheulean at global and continental levels suggests widespread persistence into the Middle Palaeolithic. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8 . Article Number 55. ISSN 2662-9992. (doi:10.1057/s41599-021-00735-8) (KAR id:86853)
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Key, Alastair, Deter, Chris, Muthana, Angela, Dolding-Smith, Jessica, McFarlane, Gina, Mahoney, Patrick (2020) Rediscovery of fossils from the middle gravels and lower loam at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, Kent (UK). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 34 (Part B). Article Number 102668. E-ISSN 2352-409X. (doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102668) (KAR id:84303)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Pargeter, Justin, Schmidt, Patrick (2020) Heat treatment significantly increases the sharpness of silcrete stone tools. Archaeometry, . ISSN 0003-813X. (doi:10.1111/arcm.12619) (KAR id:83770)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Lycett, Stephen J. (2020) Torque creation and force variation along the cutting edges of Acheulean handaxes: implications for tip thinning, resharpening and tranchet flake removals. Journal of Archaeological Science, 120 . ISSN 0305-4403. (doi:10.1016/j.jas.2020.105189) (KAR id:81868)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Farr, Ian, Hunter, Rob, Winter, Samantha L. (2020) Muscle recruitment and stone tool use ergonomics across three million years of Palaeolithic technological transitions. Journal of Human Evolution, 144 (102796). ISSN 0047-2484. (doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102796) (KAR id:81402)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Proffitt, Tomos, de la Torre, Ignacio (2020) Raw material optimization and stone tool engineering in the Early Stone Age of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Interface, 17 (162). Article Number 20190377. ISSN 1742-5689. (doi:10.1098/rsif.2019.0377) (KAR id:79511)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Dunmore, Christopher J., Marzke, Mary (2019) The unexpected importance of the fifth digit during stone tool production. Scientific Reports, 9 . Article Number 1653. ISSN 2045-2322. (doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53332-w) (KAR id:78652)
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Key, Alastair J. M. (2019) Handaxe Shape Variation in a Relative Context. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 18 (5). pp. 555-567. ISSN 1631-0683. (doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.04.008) (KAR id:75907)
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Key, Alastair J.M., Lycett, Stephen J. (2019) Biometric variables predict stone tool functional performance more effectively than tool‐form attributes: a case study in handaxe loading capabilities. Archaeometry, 61 (3). pp. 539-555. ISSN 0003-813X. (doi:10.1111/arcm.12439) (KAR id:70397)
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Key, Alastair J.M., Merrit, Stephen, Kivell, Tracy L. (2018) Hand grip diversity and frequency during the use of Lower Palaeolithic stone cutting-tools. Journal of Human Evolution, 125 . pp. 137-158. ISSN 0047-2484. (doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.08.006) (KAR id:69548)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Dunmore, Christopher J. (2018) Manual restrictions on Palaeolithic technological behaviours. PeerJ, 6 . ISSN 2167-8359. (doi:10.7717/peerj.5399) (KAR id:68470)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Lycett, Stephen J. (2018) Investigating interrelationships between Lower Palaeolithic stone tool effectiveness and tool user biometric variation: implications for technological and evolutionary changes. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 10 (5). pp. 989-1006. ISSN 1866-9557. E-ISSN 1866-9565. (doi:10.1007/s12520-016-0433-x) (KAR id:58392)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Young, Jesse, Fisch, Michael, Chaney, Morgan, Kramer, Andrew, Eren, Metin I. (2018) Comparing the use of meat and clay during cutting and projectile research. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 192 . pp. 163-175. ISSN 0013-7944. (doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2018.02.010) (KAR id:65898)
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Key, Alastair, Fisch, Michael, Eren, Metin I. (2018) Early stage blunting causes rapid reductions in stone tool performance. Journal of Archaeological Science, 91 . pp. 1-11. ISSN 0305-4403. (doi:10.1016/j.jas.2018.01.003) (KAR id:65824)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Dunmore, Christopher J., Hatala, Kevin G., Williams-Hatala, Erin Marie (2017) Flake morphology as a record of manual pressure during stone tool production. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 12 . pp. 43-53. ISSN 2352-409X. (doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.01.023) (KAR id:60053)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Lycett, Stephen J. (2017) Form and function in the Lower Palaeolithic: history, progress, and continued relevance. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 95 . pp. 67-108. ISSN 2037-0644. E-ISSN 1827-4765. (doi:10.4436/jass.95017) (KAR id:62490)
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Key, Alastair J. M. (2016) Manual Loading Distribution During Carrying Behaviors: Implications for the Evolution of the Hominin Hand. PLoS ONE, . ISSN 1932-6203. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163801) (KAR id:57422)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Proffitt, Tomas, Stefani, Elena, Lycett, Stephen J. (2016) Looking at handaxes from another angle: Assessing the ergonomic and functional importance of edge form in Acheulean bifaces. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 44 (Part A). pp. 43-55. ISSN 0278-4165. (doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2016.08.002) (KAR id:57215)
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Key, Alastair J. M. (2016) Integrating mechanical and ergonomic research within functional and morphological analyses of lithic cutting technology: key principles and future experimental directions. Ethnoarchaeology, 8 (1). pp. 69-89. ISSN 1944-2890. E-ISSN 1944-2904. (doi:10.1080/19442890.2016.1150626) (KAR id:53980)
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Key, Alastair J. M., Lycett, Stephen J. (2016) Influence of handaxe size and shape on cutting efficiency: a large-scale experiment and morphometric analysis. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, . pp. 1-28. ISSN 1072-5369. E-ISSN 1573-7764. (doi:10.1007/s10816-016-9276-0) (KAR id:54006)
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Key, Alastair J.M., Lycett, Stephen J. (2015) Reassessing the production of handaxes versus flakes from a functional perspective. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 9 . pp. 737-753. ISSN 1866-9557. E-ISSN 1866-9565. (doi:10.1007/s12520-015-0300-1) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:51403)

Key, Alastair J. M., Dunmore, Christopher J. (2015) The evolution of the hominin thumb and the influence exerted by the non-dominant hand during stone tool production. Journal of Human Evolution, 78 . pp. 60-69. ISSN 0047-2484. (doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.08.006) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50476)

Key, Alastair J. M., Lycett, Stephen J. (2015) Edge angle as a variably influential factor in flake cutting efficiency: An experimental investigation of its relationship with tool size and loading. Archaeometry, 57 (5). pp. 911-927. ISSN 0003-813X. E-ISSN 1475-4754. (doi:10.1111/arcm.12140) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50477)

Key, Alastair J. M., Stemp, W. James, Morozov, Mikhail, Proffitt, Tomas, de la Torre, Ignacio (2015) Is loading a significantly influential factor in the development of lithic microwear? An experimental test using LSCM on basalt from Olduvai Gorge. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 22 (4). pp. 1193-1214. ISSN 1072-5369. E-ISSN 1573-7764. (doi:10.1007/s10816-014-9224-9) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50479)

Key, Alastair J. M. (2014) Are bigger flakes always better? An experimental assessment of flake size variation on cutting efficiency and loading. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41 . pp. 140-146. ISSN 0305-4403. (doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.033) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50475)

Key, Alastair J. M. (2013) Applied force as a determining factor in lithic use-wear accrual: an experimental investigation of its validity as a method with which to infer hominin upper limb biomechanics. Lithic Technology, 38 (1). pp. 32-45. ISSN 0197-7261. (doi:10.1179/0197726113Z.0000000001) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50474)

Key, Alastair J. M., Lycett, Stephen J. (2011) Technology based evolution? A biometric test of the effects of handsize versus tool form on efficiency in an experimental cutting task. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38 (7). pp. 1663-1670. ISSN 0305-4403. (doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.032) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50473)

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Stemp, W. James, Morozov, Mikhail, Key, Alastair J. M. (2015) Quantifying lithic microwear with load variation on experimental basalt flakes using LSCM and area-scale fractal complexity (Asfc). Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 3 (3). E-ISSN 2051-672X. (doi:10.1088/2051-672X/3/3/034006) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50478)

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Williams-Hatala, Erin Marie, Hatala, Kevin G., Key, Alastair J. M., Dunmore, Christopher J., Kasper, Margaret, Gordon, McKenzie, Kivell, Tracy L. (2020) Kinetics of stone tool production among novice and expert tool makers. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, . Article Number e24159. ISSN 0002-9483. (doi:10.1002/ajpa.24159) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:83768)

Williams-Hatala, Erin Marie, Hatala, Kevin G., Gordon, McKenzie, Key, Alastair J.M., Kasper, Margaret, Kivell, Tracy L. (2018) The manual pressures of stone tool behaviors and their implications for the evolution of the human hand. Journal of Human Evolution, 119 . pp. 14-26. ISSN 0047-2484. (doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.02.008) (KAR id:66573)
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