Diagnosing knapping skill

The data has been collected as part of the Hand to Mouth project (European Commission FP 6 (NEST Pathfinder), Project 29065). The data was collected by:

Dr Blandine Bril, Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
Dr Robert Rein, Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte, EHESS
Dr Tetsushi Nonaka, Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte, EHESS
Dr Francis Wenban-Smith, Dept of Archaeology, University of Southampton
Dr Gilles Dietrich, Université René Descartes - Paris

5 The data includes kinematic data from four markers from 18 participants. M1 (Hand) - M2 (Forearm) - M3 (Upper arm) - M4 (shoulder) collected during stone knapping striking movement using a Polhemus Liberty electromagnetic motion tracker system recording at 240Hz.

Compare publications:
Bril B, Rein R, Nonaka T, Wenban-Smith F, Dietrich G (2010) The role of expertise in tool use: Skill differences in functional action adaptations to task constraints. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 36: 825-839.
Rein R, Bril B, Nonaka T (2013) Coordination strategies used in stone knapping. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 150: 539-550.
Rein R, Nonaka T, Bril B (in press) Movement pattern variability in stone knapping: Implications for the development of percussive traditions, PlosOne

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