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Middle Paleolithic Assemblage Variability
Lithic Analysis
Paleolithic Language and Symbolism
Computer Applications
Site Formation and Taphonomy

 

Middle Paleolithic Assemblage Variability

1998 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]

 

 

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

1995 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]

1995 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. (in press)  [Download]

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

1992 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.  Book Info

1992 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]

1991 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.

1991 Dibble, H. Local Raw Material Exploitation Through Geological Time. In Raw Material Economy Among Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers, edited by A. Montet-White and S. Holen. University of Kansas Publications in Anthropology 19: Lawrence, pp. 33-47.

1991 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]

1990 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]

1988 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.  Book Info

1988 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]

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

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

 

Lithic Analysis

General
1998
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]

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

1994 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.  Book Info

1986 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.

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

Experiments
1998
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]

1997 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]

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

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

1981 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]

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

1995 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]

1991 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.

1988 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.

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

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

1987 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.

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

 

Paleolithic Language and Symbolism

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

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

1990 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.

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

1989 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]

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

1987 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]

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

 

Computer Applications

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

1992 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.

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

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

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

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

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

 

Site Formation and Taphonomy

1997 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]

1995 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.

1995 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.

1994 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]