Use of stone hammer tools and anvils by bearded capuchin monkeys over time and space: Construction of an archeological record of tool use

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3222-3232

  Elisabetta, Visalberghi ^a   Haslam, Michael ^b   Spagnoletti, Noemi ^a,c   Fragaszy, Dorothy ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Pits; Sapajus libidinosus; Survey; Use wear

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CERRADO; PRIMATE; SAVANNA; TOOL USE; WEAR;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS;

EID: 84878358238     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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