Bingham, P. and McNabb, J. (2013). How reliable are traditional methods of assessing handaxes?. Lithics 34. Vol 34, pp. 5-9.

Title
Title
The title of the publication or report
Title:		 How reliable are traditional methods of assessing handaxes?
Issue
Issue
The name of the volume or issue
Issue:		 Lithics 34
Series
Series
The series the publication or report is included in
Series:		 Lithics
Volume
Volume
Volume number and part
Volume:		 34
Number of Pages
Number of Pages
The number of pages in the publication or report
Number of Pages:		 54
Page Start/End
Page Start/End
The start and end page numbers.
Page Start/End:		 5 - 9
Biblio Note
Biblio Note
This is a Bibliographic record only.
Biblio Note		 Please note that this is a bibliographic record only, as originally entered into the BIAB database. The ADS have no files for download, and unfortunately cannot advise further on where to access hard copy or digital versions.
Publication Type
Publication Type
The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book
Publication Type:		 Journal
Abstract
Abstract
The abstract describing the content of the publication or report
Abstract:		 Describes a project which analysed variability in the recording of handaxe metrics and other elements by masters students and PhD candidates of Palaeolithic archaeology, compared to students of similar academic seniority from other branches of archaeology. Outlying recordings were found not to be related to specialist subject, academic seniority, experience or confidence, but rather that some individuals have a natural propensity to make outlying estimates. Overall, although the measurement of length, breadth and thickness with hand-held callipers was reasonably accurate/precise, the estimation of L1, cortex, rolling and patination/staining was highly variable. Recommendations are made for projects recruiting students to measure lithics, for candidates setting out on a PhD involving the recording of lithics, and for organisations who might consider establishing reference collections to enable researchers to standardise the assessments they need to make on handaxes.
Author
Author
The authors of this publication or report
Author:		 Paul Bingham
John McNabb
Year of Publication
Year of Publication
The year the book, article or report was published
Year of Publication:		 2013
Locations
Locations
Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published.
Subjects / Periods:
Handheld Callipers (Auto Detected Subject)
PALAEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
Source
Source
Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in.
Source:
Source icon
BIAB (biab_online)
Created Date
Created Date
The date the record of the pubication was first entered
Created Date:		 18 Oct 2014