Handaxes: products of sexual selection? (Stone Age archaeology)

Authors
Citation
M. Kohn et S. Mithen, Handaxes: products of sexual selection? (Stone Age archaeology), ANTIQUITY, 73(281), 1999, pp. 518-526
Citations number
94
Categorie Soggetti
Archeology
Journal title
ANTIQUITY
ISSN journal
0003598X → ACNP
Volume
73
Issue
281
Year of publication
1999
Pages
518 - 526
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(199909)73:281<518:HPOSS(>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Why were handaxes made and why was their shape symmetrical and irregular? T hese and many other questions are considered here, in a paper tackling homi nid social behaviour and sexual selection.