Benchmarking methods and data for the whole‐outline geometric morphometric analysis of lithic tools

ARAUJO, RENATA P.; RIEDE, FELIX; OKUMURA, MERCEDES; ARAUJO, ASTOLFO G. M.; LEPLONGEON, ALICE; WREN, COLIN; RABUÑAL, JOSÉ R.; CARDILLO, MARCELO; CRUZ, MARÍA B.; MATZIG, DAVID N.

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews

Wiley

Año: 2023

1060-1538

Originally developed for the quantitative analysis of organismal shapes, both two‐dimensional (2D) and 3D geometric morphometric methods (GMMs) have recently gained some prominencein archaeology for the analysis of stone tools unquestionably the primary deep‐time data source for the earliest periods of human cultural evolution. The key strength of GMM rests in itsability to statistically quantify and hence qualify complex shapes, which in turn can be used to infer social interaction, function, reduction, as well as to assess classification systems and culturalrelatedness.