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2001 McPherron, S. and H. Dibble Using Computers in Archaeology: A Practical Guide.  New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing.  info/order

2001  Olszewski, D., McPherron, S., Dibble, H., and Soressi, M.  Middle Egypt in Prehistory:   A Search for the Origins of Modern Human Behavior and Human Dispersal.  Expedition 43(2):31-37. [Download]

2001 McPherron, Shannon P., Marie Soressi, Harold L. Dibble. Deux nouveaux projets de recherche á Pech de l’Azé (Dordogne, France)” Préhistoire du Sud-Ouest 8:11-30.  [Download]

2000 McPherron, S. and Dibble, H..  The Lithic Assemblages of  Pech de l’Azé IV (Dordogne, France).  Préhistoire Européenne 15:9-43.  [Download]

1999d McPherron, S. and Dibble, H.  Stone Tool Analysis using Digitized Images: Examples from the Lower and Middle Paleolithic.  Lithic Technology 24(1):38-52.  [Download]

1999c  Debénath, A., A. Jelinek, D. Armand, P. Chase, H. Dibble, N. Mercier, J. Renault-Miskovsky, A-M Tillier, H. Valladas, and B. Vandermeersch.  Nouvelles Fouilles à La Quina (Charente).  Gallia Préhistoire 40:29-74.  [Download]

1999a  Dibble, H., S. McPherron, and B. Roth.  Virtual Dig: A Simulated Archaeological Excavation of a Middle Paleolithic Site in France. Mayfield Press, Mountain View, Calif.  ix+148 (workbook/text)  and CD-ROM.  See Book Info

1999a McPherron, Shannon P., Philip G. Chase, André Debénath, Harold L. Dibble, and Brooks B. Ellwood.   The Fontéchevade Fossils: A reanalysis of their archaeological context based on new excavations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 28:199

1998b Dibble, H. Comment on "Quantifying Lithic Curation: An Experimental text of Dibble and Pelcin's original flake-tool mass predictor", by Zachary J. Davis and John J. Shea. Journal of Archaeological Science 25:611-613.  [Download]

1998a Roth, B., and Dibble, H. The Production And Transport of Blanks and Tools at the French Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas. American Antiquity 63(1):47-62.  [Download]

1997f Dibble, H. et Lenoir, M.. Données Nouvelles sur le Gisement de Combe-Capelle à Saint-Avit-Sénieur (Dordogne). Gallia Préhistoire 39:31-83. [Download]

1997e Dibble, H. Platform Variability and Flake Morphology: A Comparison of Experimental and Archaeological Data and Implications for Interpreting Prehistoric Lithic Technological Strategies. Lithic Technology 22(2):150-170   [Download]

1997d Dibble, H., P. Chase, S. McPherron, and A. Tuffreau, Testing the Reality of a "Living Floor" with Archaeological Data. American Antiquity 62(4):629-651.  [Download]

1997c Dibble, H. Review of Olduvai Gorge. Volume 5: Excavations in Beds III, IV, and the Masek Beds 1968-1971, by Mary Leakey with Derek Roe. Journal of Field Archaeology 24(2):255-256.

1997b Dibble, H. Review of Le Trou Magrite Fouilles 1991-1992: Résurrection d'un Site Classique en Wallonie, edited by Marcel Otte and Lawrence G. Straus. Journal of Anthropological Research 53(1):95-96.

1997a Dibble, H. and S. McPherron. The Making of Combe-Capelle on CD-ROM. Journal of Field Archaeology 24(1):59-66.  [Download]

1996b Dibble, H. A Reply to Pettitt. Lithics 16: 80-89.

1996a Dibble, H. and S. McPherron. Combe-Capelle on CD-ROM: A Multimedia Companion to The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania.  See Book Info  [Download Preface]

1995q Dibble, H. Biache Saint-Vaast, Level IIa: A comparison of analytical approaches. In Dibble, H. and O. Bar-Yosef. The Definition and Interpretation of Levallois Variability. Prehistory Press, Madison, pp. 96-113. [Download]

1995p Dibble, H. and O. Bar-Yosef. The Definition and Interpretation of Levallois Variability. Prehistory Press, Madison. xiii + 502 pp.  See Book Info

1995o Lenoir, M. and H. Dibble. The Haut de Combe-Capelle, or Abri Peyrony. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 329-339.

1995n Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir. Summary and Conclusions. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 317-320.

1995m Dibble, H. Raw Material Availability and Intensity of Utilization: A Test of Current Models of Middle Paleolithic Assemblage Variability. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 290-315.  [Download]

1995l Dibble, H., M. Lenoir, and B. Roth. The Use of Raw Materials at Combe-Capelle Bas. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 259-287.

1995k Dibble, H. An Assessment of the Integrity of the Archaeological Assemblages. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 245-257.

1995j Dibble, H. Introduction to Site Formation. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 175-178.

1995i Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir. Summary of the Archaeological Sequence. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 161-173.

1995h Roth, B., M. Lenoir and H. Dibble. Description of the Lithic Assemblages. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 41-159.

1995g Dibble, H., M. Lenoir, S. Holdaway, B. Roth, and H. Sanders-Gray. Techniques of Excavation and Analysis. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 27-40.

1995f Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir. The Development of the Research Design for the Current Excavation of Combe-Capelle Bas. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 7-26.

1995e Lenoir, M. and H. Dibble. Overview of the History of Prehistoric Research in the Couze Valley. In Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir, The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 1-5.

1995d Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir. The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France). University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania. xviii+363 pp.  See Book Info

1995c Dibble, H. Middle Paleolithic Scraper Reduction: Background, Clarification, and Review of the Evidence to date. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 2:299-368.  [Download]

1995b Dibble, H. and A. Pelcin. The Effect of Hammer Mass and Velocity on Flake Mass. Journal of Archaeological Science 22:429-439.  [Download]

1995a Tuffreau, A., P. Antoine, P. Chase, H. Dibble, B. Ellwood, T. van Kolfschoten, A. Lamotte, M. Laurent, S. McPherron, A.-M. Moigne et A. Munaut. Le Gisement Acheuléen de Cagny-l'Epinette (Somme). Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française 92:169-191.  [Download]

1994e Dibble, H. and M. Lenoir. Fouilles récentes à Combe-Capelle Bas (Dordogne): pourquoi et comment? Bulletin Société dÁnthropologie du Sud-Ouest 29:42-44.

1994d Chase, P., D. Armand, A. Debénath, H. Dibble, and A. Jelinek. Taphonomy and Zooarchaeoogy of a Mousterian Faunal Assemblage from La Quina, Charente, France. Journal of Field Archaeology 21:289-305.  [Download]

1994c Dibble, H. Review of Making Silent Stones Speak, by K. Schick and N. Toth. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 93:404-5.

1994b Debénath, André and H. Dibble. Handbook of Paleolithic Typology Vol 1: The Lower and Middle Paleolithic of Europe. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. ix + 202 p.  See Book Info

1994a Olszewski, D. and H. Dibble. The Zagros Aurignacian. Current Anthropology 35:68--75.

1993f Dibble, H. and O. Bar-Yosef. Definition and Interpretation of Levallois Technology. Evolutionary Anthropology 3:76.

1993e Dibble, H. Le Paléolithique Moyen Récent du Zagros. Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française 90(4):307-312.   [Download]

1993d Olszewski, Deborah and H. Dibble, editors. The Paleolithic Prehistory of the Zagros-Taurus. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. x + 236 p.  See Book Info

1993c Dibble, H. and S. Holdaway. The Middle Paleolithic of Warwasi Rockshelter. In The Paleolithic Prehistory of the Zagros-Taurus, edited by Deborah Olszewski and Harold L. Dibble. The University Museum Press, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 75-99.   [Download]

1993b Dibble, H. Paleolithic Archaeology: The Search for our Human Heritage. Expedition 34:14-22.

1993a Dibble, H. and P. Chase. On Mousterian and Natufian Burials in the Near East. Current Anthropology 34:170-172.

1992e Dibble, H. and S. McPherron. Computers and Prehistoric Archaeology. Les Cahiers de la Vallée de la Couze, bulletin 2-3:69-74. CIRPC, Montferrand-du-Périgord.

1992d Dibble, H. and N. Rolland. On Assemblage variability in the Middle Paleolithic of Western Europe: History, Perspectives, and a new Synthesis. In The Middle Paleolithic: Adaptation, Behavior, and Variability, edited by Harold L. Dibble and Paul Mellars. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, pp. 1-28.    [Download]

1992c Debénath, A., A. Jelinek, H. Dibble. La Quina. In Neandertal en Poitou- Charentes, edited by A. Debénath and J.-F. Tournepiche, Association Régional des Conservateurs des Musée de Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, pp. 157-164.

1992b Chase, P. and H. Dibble. Scientific Archaeology and the Origins of Symbolism: A reply to Bednarik. Cambridge Archaeological Review 2(1):43-51.  [Download]

1992a Dibble, H. and Paul Mellars, editors. The Middle Paleolithic: Adaptation, Behavior, and Variability. The University Museum,University of Pennsylvania. Museum Symposium Series Vol 2. x+216 pp.  See Book Info

1991d Dibble, Harold L.  Local Raw Material Exploitation and its Effects on Lower and Middle Paleolithic Assemblage Variability. In Montet-White, Anta and Holen, Steve, editor, Raw Material Economies Among Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers. Lawrence:University of Kansas Publications in Anthropology 19,University of Kansas., xpp. 33-48.  [Download]

1991c Dibble, H. and A. Debénath. Paradigmatic Differences in a Collaborative Research Project. In Pradigmatic Biases in Circum-Mediterranean Hunter-Gatherer Research, edited by G. Clark. University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 217-226.

1991b Dibble, H. Rebuttal to "On the Validity of Middle Paleolithic Tool Types: A Test Case from the Eastern Sahara", by Angela Close. Journal of Field Archaeology, 264-267.

1991a Dibble, H. Mousterian Assemblage Variability on an Interregional Scale. In A Quarter Century of Paleoanthropology: Views from the USA, edited by Lawrence Straus. Special issue of Journal of Anthropological Research, 47(2):239-258.    [Download]

1990f Dibble, H. "A Personal Perspective on the Computerization of Archaeology." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology 8:9-10.

1990e Chase, P. and H. Dibble. Comment on "Major Issues in the Emergence of Modern Humans", by P. Mellars. Current Anthropology 31:58-59.

1990d Dibble, H. and P. Chase. Comment on "Symbolism and Modern Human Origins", by J. M. Lindly and G. A. Clark. Current Anthropology 31:241-243.

1990c Dibble, H. and S. Holdaway. La Paléolithique Moyen de l'Abri de Warwasi et ses rapports avec les Moustériens du Zagros et du Levant. L'Anthropologie, 94:619-642.  [Download]

1990b Rolland, N. and H. Dibble. A New Synthesis of Middle Paleolithic Assemblage Variability. American Antiquity, 55(3):480-499. Reprinted in Paleoanthropology Annuals, vol. 1, 1990.  [Download]

1990a Dibble, H., M. Lenoir, J.-P. Texier. Un site préhistorique de la vallée de la Couze. Combe-Capelle à Saint-Avit-Sénieur. Les Cahiers de la Vallée de la Couze 1:32-35. CIRC, Montferrand-du-Périgord.

1989e Dibble, H. Comment on "The Archaeology of Perception: Traces of Depiction and Language", by I. Davidson and W. Noble. Current Anthropology 30:330-331.

1989d Dibble, H. Review of "The Human Uses of Flint and Chert", edited by G. de G. Sieveking and M. Newcomer. American Antiquity 54(2):434-435.

1989c Dibble, H. The Implications of Stone Tool Types for the Presence of Language during the Middle Paleolithic. In The Human Revolution: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans, Vol. 1, edited by P. Mellars and C. Stringer. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 415-432. [Download]

1989b Jelinek, A., A. Debénath, and H. Dibble. Preliminary Report on Evidence Related to the Interpretation of Economic and Social Activities of Neanderthals at the Site of La Quina (Charente), France. In L'Homme de Neanderthal, Volume 6, La Subsistance, edited by M. Patou and L. G. Freeman. Etudes et Recherches Archéologiques de l'Université de Liège, No. 33, pp. 99-106.  [Download]

1989a Dibble, H. and S. McPherron. On the Computerization of Archaeological Projects. Journal of Field Archaeology 15(4):431-440.   [Download]

1988d Dibble, H. The Interpretation of Middle Paleolithic Scraper Reduction Patterns. In L'Homme de Neanderthal, Volume 4, La Technique, edited by J.-Ph. Rigaud, pp. 49-58.

1988c Dibble, H. New Excavations at Ice Age Sites. Expedition, vol 29(2):10-11.

1988b Dibble, H. and A. Montet-White, editors. Upper Pleistocene Prehistory of Western Eurasia. University Museum Monograph 54, University Museum Symposium Series, Vol. 1, Philadelphia. xvi + 461 pp.  See Book Info

1988a Dibble, H. Typological Aspects of Reduction and Intensity of Utilization of Lithic Resources in the French Mousterian. In Upper Pleistocene Prehistory of Western Eurasia, edited by H. Dibble and A. Montet-White. University Museum Monograph 54, University Museum Symposium Series, Vol. 1, Philadelphia, pp. 181-197.  [Download]

1987f Dibble, H. The Interpretation of Middle Paleolithic Scraper Morphology. American Antiquity 52:109-117.   [Download]

1987e Dibble, H. Direct Measurement of Artifact Provenience with an Electronic Theodolite. Journal of Field Archaeology 14:249-254. [Download]

1987d Chase, P. and H. Dibble. Symbolic Behavior in the Middle Paleolithic: A Review of Current Evidence and Interpretations. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 6:263-296.  [Download]

1987c Dibble, H. Comparaisons des Sequences de Reduction des Outils Moustériens de la France et du Proche-Orient. L'Anthropologie, Paris, 91:189-196.  [Download]

1987b McPherron, S. and H. Dibble. Hardware and Software Complexity in Computerizing Archaeological Projects. Advances in Computer Archaeology, vol 4:25-40.   [Download]

1987a Dibble, H. Reduction Sequences in the Manufacture of Mousterian Implements of France. In The Pleistocene Old World: Regional Perspectives, O. Soffer, editor, pp. 33-45. Plenum Press.

1986b Dibble, H. Description et Historique du site de Combe-Capelle. Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes et de Recherches Préhistoriques Les Eyzies vol. 35:7-11.

1986a White, J. Peter and H. Dibble. Stone tools: Small Scale Variability. In Stone Age Prehistory: Studies in Memory of Charles McBurney, G. Bailey and P. Callow (editors), pp. 47-53. Cambridge University Press.

1985c Dibble, H. Technological Aspects of Flake Variation: A comparison of experimental and prehistoric flake production. American Archeology 5:236-240.

1985a Dibble, H. Raw Material Variability in Levallois Flake Manufacture. Current Anthropology, 26(3):391-393.  [Download]

1985b Dibble, H. Reply to Lenoir and Witter. Current Anthropology vol. 26(4):519-520.

1984b Dibble, H. Interpreting Typological Variation of Middle Paleolithic Scrapers:Function, Style, or Sequence of Reduction? Journal of Field Archaeology 11:431-436.  [Download]

1984a Dibble, H. The Mousterian Industry from Bisitun Cave (Iran). Paléorient 10:23-34.  [Download]

1983 Dibble, H. Variability and Change in the Middle Paleolithic of France and theNear East. In The Mousterian Legacy: Human Biocultural Change in the Upper Pleistocene, E. Trinkaus, editor, pp. 53-71. BAR International Series 264:Oxford.   [Download]

1982 Fish, P. and H. Dibble. Comment on "Rethinking the Transition from Middle to Upper Paleolithic", by R. White. Current Anthropology vol. 23(2):182.

1981c Dibble, H. and J. Whittaker. New Experimental Evidence on the Relation between Percussion Flaking and Flake Variation. Journal of Archaeological Science 8(3):283-296.  [Download]

1981b Dibble, H. and P. Chase. A New Method of Recording Artifact Shape. American Antiquity 46(1):178-187.

1981a Dibble, H. Technological Strategies of Stone Tool Production at Tabun Cave (Israel), Doctoral Dissertation, University of Arizona, University Microfilms, pp. xii + 206.

1980 Dibble, H. and M. Bernard. A Comparative Study of Basic Edge Angle Measurement Techniques American Antiquity 45:857-865.  [Download]

1976 Dibble, H. Comment on "Gender Differences and the Origin of Language". Current Anthropology vol. 17(4):744.