Professor Chris Clarkson

Clarkson, C. (2007). Lithics in the Land of the Lightning Brothers: The Archaeology of Wardaman Country, Northern Territory (Terra Australis 25). Canberra: ANU E Press.

Clarkson, Chris, Norman, Kasih, O'Connor, Sue, Balme, Jane, Veth, Peter and Shipton, Ceri (2022). Australia’s First People: Oldest Sites and Early Culture. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. (pp. C9.S1-C9.S20) edited by Ian J. McNiven and Bruno David. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.9

Clarkson, Chris, Hiscock, Peter, Mackay, Alex and Shipton, Ceri (2018). Small, sharp, and standardized: global convergence in backed-Microlith technology. Convergent evolution in stone-tool technology. (pp. 175-200) edited by Michael J. O'Brien, Briggs Buchanan and Metin I. Eren. Cambridge, MA, United States: MIT Press.

Clarkson, C. (2016). Testing archaeological approaches to determining past projectile delivery systems using ethnographic and experimental data. Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of stone age weaponry. (pp. 189-201) edited by Radu Iovita and Katsuhiro Sano. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-7602-8_13

Hiscock, Peter and Clarkson, Chris (2015). Retouch intensity on Quina scrapers at Combe Grenal: a test of the reduction model. Taxonomic tapestries : the threads of evolutionary, behavioural and conservation research . (pp. 103-128) edited by Alison M. Behie and Marc F. Oxenham. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU.

Clarkson, Chris, Haslam, Michael and Harris, Clair (2015). When to retouch, haft, or discard? Modeling optimal use/maintenance schedules in lithic tool use. Lithic technological systems and evolutionary theory. (pp. 117-138) edited by Goodale, Nathan and Andrefsky Jr., William. New York, NY United States: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139207775.011

Clarkson, Christopher (2014). East of Eden: founder effects and the archaeological signature of modern human dispersal. Southern Asia, Australia, and the search for human origins. (pp. 76-89) edited by Robin Dennell and Martin Porr. New York, United States: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139084741.007

Clarkson, Chris and O'Connor, Sue (2013). An introduction to stone artefact analysis. Archaeology in practice: a student guide to archaeological analyses. (pp. 151-206) edited by Jane Balme and Alistair Paterson. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.

Haslam, Michael, Clarkson, Chris, Petraglia, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, B., Janardhana, Boivin, Nicole, Ditchfield, Peter, Jones, Sacha and Mackay, Alex (2010). Indian lithic technology prior to the 74,000 BP Toba super-eruption: Searching for an early modern human signature. The upper Palaeolithic revolution in global perspective: Papers in honour of Sir Paul Mellars. (pp. 73-84) edited by Katherine V. Boyle, Clive Gamble, Ofer Bar-Yosef and James Barrett. Cambridge, U.K.: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University.

Clarkson, Chris (2010). Regional diversity within the core technology of the Howiesons Poort techno-complex. New perspectives on old stones: Analytical approaches to palaeolithic technologies. (pp. 43-60) edited by Lycett, S. and Chauhan, P.. New York , U.S.A.: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6861-6_3

Clarkson, Chris and Schmidt, Lyn (2009). Stone artefact manufacture at the Natunuku, Votua, Kulu and Ugaga sites, Fiji. The early prehistory of Fiji. (pp. 345-372) edited by Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson. Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: ANU E Press.

Clarkson, C.J. (2008). Changing Reduction Intensity, Settlement, and Subsistence in W ardaman Country, Northern Australia. Lithic Technology: Measures of production, use, and curation. (pp. 286-316) edited by Andrefsky, W.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511499661.014

Hiscock, P and Clarkson, Christopher J. (2008). The construction of morphological diversity: A study of Mousterian Implement retouching at Combe Grenal. Lithic Technology: Measures of Production, Use, and Curation.. (pp. 106-135) edited by Andrefsky, W.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511499661.006

Clarkson, Christopher J. (2008). Lithics in the landscape. Handbook of landscape archaeology. (pp. 490-501) edited by Bruno David and Julian Thomas. Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.: Left Coast Press.

Clarkson, C. J. and O'Connor, S. (2006). An Introduction to Stone Artefact Analysis. Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses. (pp. 159-206) edited by J. Blame and A. Patterson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.

Clarkson, Chris (2005). Tenuous Types - Scraper Reduction Continuums in the Eastern Victoria River Region, Northern Territory. Lithics "Down Under": Australian Approaches to Lithic Reduction, Use and Classification. (pp. 21-34) Oxford: Archaeopress.

Hiscock, Peter and Clarkson, Chris (2005). Measuring Artefact Reduction: An evaluation of Kuhn's Geometric Index of Unifacial Reduction. Lithics 'Down Under': Australian Approaches to Lithic Reduction, Use and Classification. (pp. 7-20) edited by Clarkson, Chris and Lamb, Lara. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Ulm, Sean, Cotter, Stephen, Cotter, Maria, Lilley, Ian, Clarkson, Chris and Reid, Jill (2005). Edge-ground hatchets on the Southern Curtis Coast, Central Queensland: A preliminary Assessment of Technology, Chronology and Provenance. Many Exchanges: Archaeology, History, Community and the Work of Isabel McBryde. (pp. 323-342) edited by Ingereth Macfarlane, Mary-Jane Mountain and Robert Paton. Canberra: Aboriginal History Inc..

Clarkson, C. J. and Lamb, L. (2005). Introduction: Casting new light on old stones. Lithics 'Down Under': Australian Approaches to Lithic Reduction, Use and Classification. (pp. 1-6) edited by C. Clarkson and L. Lamb. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Clarkson, C. and Wallis, Lynley (2003). The search for El Nino/Southern Oscillation in archaeological Sites: Recent results from Jugali-Ya Rockshelter, Wardaman Country, Australia. Phytolith and starch research in the Australian-Pacific-Asian regions : the state of the art : papers from a conference held at the ANU, August 2001, Canberra, Australia. (pp. 137-152) edited by D.M. Hart and L. A. Wallis. Canberra: Pandanus Press: The Australian National University.

Amano, Noel, Faulkner, Patrick, Wedage, Oshan, Clarkson, Chris, Amila, Dambara, del Val, Miren, Jurkenas, Dovydas, Kapukotuwa, Alexander, López, Gloria I., Pares, Josep, Pathmalal, M. M., Smith, Tam, Wright, Martin, Roberts, Patrick, Petraglia, Michael and Boivin, Nicole (2024). Early Sri Lankan coastal site tracks technological change and estuarine resource exploitation over the last ca. 25,000 years. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 26693. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-77504-5

Lin, Sam C., Clarkson, Chris, Julianto, I Made Agus, Ferdianto, Anton, Jatmiko, and Sutikna, Thomas (2024). A new method for quantifying flake scar organisation on cores using orientation statistics. Journal of Archaeological Science, 167 105998, 105998. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.105998

Adams, Shaun, Norman, Kasih, Kemp, Justine, Jacobs, Zenobia, Costelloe, Michael, Fairbairn, Andrew, Robins, Richard, Stock, Errol, Moss, Patrick, Smith, Tam, Love, Serena, Manne, Tiina, Lowe, Kelsey M., Logan, India, Manoel, Michael, McFadden, Karen, Burns, Darren, Dooley, Thomas, Falkiner, Zac and Clarkson, Chris (2024). Correction to: Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard (Scientific Reports, (2024), 14, 1, (2579), 10.1038/s41598-024-52000-y). Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 14309. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65370-0

Adams, Shaun, Norman, Kasih, Kemp, Justine, Jacobs, Zenobia, Costelloe, Michael, Fairbairn, Andrew, Robins, Richard, Stock, Errol, Moss, Patrick, Smith, Tam, Love, Serena, Manne, Tiina, Lowe, Kelsey M., Logan, India, Manoel, Michael, McFadden, Karen, Burns, Darren, Falkiner, Zac and Clarkson, Chris (2024). Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 2579. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-52000-y

Norman, Kasih, Bradshaw, Corey J.A., Saltré, Frédérik, Clarkson, Chris, Cohen, Tim J., Hiscock, Peter, Jones, Tristen and Boesl, Fabian (2024). Sea level rise drowned a vast habitable area of north-western Australia driving long-term cultural change. Quaternary Science Reviews, 324 108418, 108418. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108418

Samper Carro, S. C., O'Connor, S., Kealy, S., Jones, R. K., Raymond, C., Boulanger, C., Hawkins, S., Lu, T., Langley, M. C. and Clarkson, C. (2024). Exploring changing occupation dynamics at the lakeside cave site Matja Kuru 2, Timor-Leste. Quaternary Science Advances, 13 100127, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.qsa.2023.100127

Clarkson, Chris, Haberle, Simon and O'Connor, Sue (2023). 40,000 years of technological continuity and change at Matja Kuru 2, Timor-Leste. Quaternary Science Reviews, 320 108340. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108340

Muller, Antoine, Shipton, Ceri and Clarkson, Chris (2023). The proceduralization of hominin knapping skill: memorizing different lithic technologies. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 33 (4), 655-672. doi: 10.1017/s0959774323000070

Hayes, Elspeth H., Fullagar, Richard, Field, Judith H., Coster, Adelle C.F., Matheson, Carney, Nango, May, Djandjomerr, Djaykuk, Marwick, Ben, Wallis, Lynley A., Smith, Mike A. and Clarkson, Chris (2022). 65,000-years of continuous grinding stone use at Madjedbebe, Northern Australia. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 11747, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15174-x

Neill, Liam, Clarkson, Chris and Schoville, Benjamin (2022). Holding your shape: controlled tip fracture experiments on cast porcelain points. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 44 103505, 103505. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103505

Muller, Antoine and Clarkson, Chris (2022). Filling in the blanks: standardization of lithic flake production throughout the stone age. Lithic Technology, 48 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/01977261.2022.2103290

Florin, S. Anna, Fairbairn, Andrew S., Nango, May, Djandjomerr, Djaykuk, Hua, Quan, Marwick, Ben, Reutens, David C., Fullagar, Richard, Smith, Mike, Wallis, Lynley A. and Clarkson, Chris (2022). 65,000 years of changing plant food and landscape use at Madjedbebe, Mirarr country, northern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 284 107498, 107498. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107498

Muller, Antoine, Shipton, Ceri and Clarkson, Chris (2022). Stone toolmaking difficulty and the evolution of hominin technological skills. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 5883, 5883. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09914-2

Bradshaw, Corey J. A., Norman, Kasih, Ulm, Sean, Williams, Alan N., Clarkson, Chris, Chadœuf, Joël, Lin, Sam C., Jacobs, Zenobia, Roberts, Richard G., Bird, Michael I., Weyrich, Laura S., Haberle, Simon G., O’Connor, Sue, Llamas, Bastien, Cohen, Tim J., Friedrich, Tobias, Veth, Peter, Leavesley, Matthew and Saltré, Frédérik (2021). Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 2440, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21551-3

Hayes, E. H., Field, J. H., Coster, A. C.F., Fullagar, R., Matheson, C., Florin, S. A., Nango, M., Djandjomerr, D., Marwick, B., Wallis, L. A., Smith, M. A. and Clarkson, C. (2021). Holocene grinding stones at Madjedbebe reveal the processing of starchy plant taxa and animal tissue. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 35 102754. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102754

Florin, S. Anna, Roberts, Patrick, Marwick, Ben, Patton, Nicholas R., Shulmeister, James, Lovelock, Catherine E., Barry, Linda A., Hua, Quan, Nango, May, Djandjomerr, Djaykuk, Fullagar, Richard, Wallis, Lynley A., Fairbairn, Andrew S. and Clarkson, Chris (2021). Pandanus nutshell generates a palaeoprecipitation record for human occupation at Madjedbebe, northern Australia. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5 (3), 295-303. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01379-8

Neill, Liam, Clarkson, Chris and Schoville, Benjamin (2021). Holding your shape: controlled tip fracture experiments on cast porcelain points. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3985342

Mildwaters, John and Clarkson, Chris (2020). An experimental assessment of the grinding characteristics of some native seeds used by Aboriginal Australians. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 30 102127, 102127. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102127

Clarkson, Chris, Harris, Clair, Li, Bo, Neudorf, Christina M., Roberts, Richard G., Lane, Christine, Norman, Kasih, Pal, Jagannath, Jones, Sacha, Shipton, Ceri, Koshy, Jinu, Gupta, M. C., Mishra, D. P., Dubey, A. K., Boivin, Nicole and Petraglia, Michael (2020). Human occupation of northern India spans the Toba super-eruption ~74,000 years ago. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 961, 961. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14668-4

Florin, S. Anna, Fairbairn, Andrew S., Nango, May, Djandjomerr, Djaykuk, Marwick, Ben, Fullagar, Richard, Smith, Mike, Wallis, Lynley A. and Clarkson, Chris (2020). The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 924, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14723-0

Pedro, Nicole, Brucato, Nicolas, Fernandes, Veronica, André, Mathilde, Saag, Lauri, Pomat, William, Besse, Céline, Boland, Anne, Deleuze, Jean-François, Clarkson, Chris, Sudoyo, Herawati, Metspalu, Mait, Stoneking, Mark, Cox, Murray P., Leavesley, Matthew, Pereira, Luisa and Ricaut, François-Xavier (2020). Papuan mitochondrial genomes and the settlement of Sahul. Journal of Human Genetics, 65 (10), 875-887. doi: 10.1038/s10038-020-0781-3

Langley, Michelle C., Clarkson, Chris and Ulm, Sean (2019). Symbolic expression in Pleistocene Sahul, Sunda, and Wallacea. Quaternary Science Reviews, 221 105883, 105883. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105883

David, Bruno, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Mialanes, Jerome, Clarkson, Christopher, Petchey, Fiona, Geneste, Jean-Michel, Manne, Tiina, Bird, Michael I., Barker, Bryce, Richards, Thomas, Chalmin, Emilie and Castets, Géraldine (2019). 45,610–52,160 years of site and landscape occupation at Nawarla Gabarnmang, Arnhem Land plateau (northern Australia). Quaternary Science Reviews, 215, 64-85. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.027

Muller, Antoine, Clarkson, Chris, Baird, Douglas and Fairbairn, Andrew (2018). Reduction intensity of backed blades: blank consumption, regularity and efficiency at the early Neolithic site of Boncuklu, Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 721-732. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.042

Shipton, Ceri, Clarkson, Chris and Cobden, Rommy (2018). Were Acheulean bifaces deliberately made symmetrical? Archaeological and experimental evidence. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 29 (01), 1-15. doi: 10.1017/S095977431800032X

Clarkson, Chris, Roberts, Richard G., Jacobs, Zenobia, Marwick, Ben, Fullagar, Richard, Arnold, Lee J. and Hua, Quan (2018). Reply to comments on Clarkson etal. (2017) 'Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago'. Australian Archaeology, 84 (1), 84-89. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2018.1462884

Norman, Kasih, Inglis, Josha, Clarkson, Chris, Faith, J. Tyler, Shulmeister, James and Harris, Daniel (2017). An early colonisation pathway into northwest Australia 70-60,000 years ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 180, 229-239. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.023

Muller, Antoine , Clarkson, Chris and Shipton, Ceri (2017). Measuring behavioural and cognitive complexity in lithic technology throughout human evolution. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 48, 166-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jaa.2017.07.006

Mildwaters, John and Clarkson, Chris (2017). The efficiency of Australian grindstones for processing seed: A quantitative experiment using reproduction implements and controlling for morphometric variation and grinding techniques. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 17, 7-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.10.036

Clarkson, Chris (2017). Teaching Complex Flint Knapping Strategies in the Classroom Using “Potato Knapping”. Lithic Technology, 42 (4), 155-160. doi: 10.1080/01977261.2017.1385213

Cobden, Rommy, Clarkson, Chris, Price, Gilbert J., David, Bruno, Geneste, Jean-Michel, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara and Gunn, Robert G. (2017). The identification of extinct megafauna in rock art using geometric morphometrics: A Genyornis newtoni painting in Arnhem Land, northern Australia?. Journal of Archaeological Science, 87, 95-107. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.013

Clarkson, Chris, Jacobs, Zenobia, Marwick, Ben, Fullagar, Richard, Wallis, Lynley, Smith, Mike, Roberts, Richard G., Hayes, Elspeth, Lowe, Kelsey, Carah, Xavier, Florin, S. Anna, McNeil, Jessica, Cox, Delyth, Arnold, Lee J., Hua, Quan, Huntley, Jillian, Brand, Helen E. A., Manne, Tiina, Fairbairn, Andrew, Shulmeister, James, Lyle, Lindsey, Salinas, Makiah, Page, Mara, Connell, Kate, Park, Gayoung, Norman, Kasih, Murphy, Tessa and Pardoe, Colin (2017). Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago. Nature, 547 (7663), 306-310. doi: 10.1038/nature22968

Marwick, Ben, Hayes, Elspeth, Clarkson, Chris and Fullagar, Richard (2017). Movement of lithics by trampling: an experiment in the Madjedbebe sediments, northern Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 79, 73-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.01.008

Muller, Antoine and Clarkson, Chris (2016). Identifying major transitions in the evolution of lithic cutting edge production rates. PLoS ONE, 11 (12) e0167244, e0167244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167244

Marwick, Ben, Clarkson, Chris, O'Connor, Sue and Collins, Sophie (2016). Early modern human lithic technology from Jerimalai, East Timor. Journal of Human Evolution, 101, 45-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.09.004

Muller, Antoine and Clarkson, Chris (2016). A new method for accurately and precisely measuring flake platform area. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 8, 178-186. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.015

Shipton, Ceri, Weisler, Marchall, Jacomb, Chris, Clarkson, Chris and Walter, Richard (2016). A morphometric reassessment of Roger Duff's Polynesian adze typology. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 6, 361-375. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.005

Brindley, Jared and Clarkson, Chris (2015). Beyond a suggestive morphology: were Wardaman stone points exclusively spear armatures?. Australian Archaeology, 81 (81), 12-23. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2015.11682061

Clarkson, Chris and Shipton, Ceri (2015). Teaching ancient technology using “hands-on” learning and experimental archaeology. Ethnoarchaeology, 7 (2), 157-172. doi: 10.1179/1944289015Z.00000000032

Shipton, C. and Clarkson, C. (2015). Handaxe reduction and its influence on shape: an experimental test and archaeological case study. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 3, 408-419. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.06.029

Clarkson, Chris, Shipton, Ceri and Weisler, Marshall (2015). Front, back and sides: experimental replication and archaeological analysis of Hawaiian adzes and associated debitage. Archaeology in Oceania, 50 (2), 71-84. doi: 10.1002/arco.5056

Shipton, C. and Clarkson, C. (2015). Flake scar density and handaxe reduction intensity. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2, 169-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.01.013

Clarkson, Chris, Smith, Mike, Marwick, Ben, Fullagar, Richard, Wallis, Lynley, A., Faulkner, Patrick, Manne, Tiina, Hayes, Elspeth, Roberts, Richard, G., Jacobs, Zenobia, Carah, Xavier, Lowe, Kelsey M., Matthews, Jacqueline and Florin, S. Anna (2015). The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): A site in northern Australia with early occupation. Journal of Human Evolution, 83, 46-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.03.014

Muller, Antoine and Clarkson, Chris (2014). Estimating original flake mass on blades using 3D platform area: problems and prospects. Journal of Archaeological Science, 52, 31-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.08.025

Lowe, Kelsey M., Wallis, Lynley A., Pardoe, Colin, Marwick, Ben, Clarkson, Chris, Manne, Tiina, Smith, Mike A. and Fullagar, Richard (2014). Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia. Archaeology in Oceania, 49 (3), 148-157. doi: 10.1002/arco.5039

Clarkson, Chris, Shipton, Ceri and Weisler, Marshall (2014). Determining the reduction sequence of Hawaiian quadrangular adzes using 3D approaches: a case study from Moloka'i. Journal of Archaeological Science, 49 (1), 361-371. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.05.031

Clarkson, Chris and Bellas, Angelo (2014). Mapping stone: Using GIS spatial modelling to predict lithic source zones. Journal of Archaeological Science, 46 (1), 324-333. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.03.035

Nguyen, Dong Truong and Clarkson, Chris (2014). The organisation of drill production at a neolithic lithic workshop site of Bai Ben, Cat Ba Island, Vietnam. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, 33, 24-39. doi: 10.7152/bippa.v33i0.14508

Shipton, C., Clarkson, C., Pal, J. N., Jones, S. C., Roberts, R. G., Harris, C., Gupta, M. C., Ditchfield, P. W. and Petraglia, M. D. (2013). Generativity, hierarchical action and recursion in the Acheulean to Middle Palaeolithic transition: a perspective from Patpara, the Son Valley, India. Journal of Human Evolution, 65 (2), 93-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.03.007

Shipton, Ceri, Clarkson, Christopher, Antonio Bernal, Marco, Boivin, Nicole, Finlayson, Clive, Finlayson, Geraldine, Fa, Darren, Giles Pacheco, Francisco and Petraglia, Michael (2013). Variation in lithic technological strategies among the Neanderthals of Gibraltar. PLoS ONE, 8 (6) e65185, e65185.1-e65185.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065185

Clarkson, Chris (2013). Measuring core reduction using 3D flake scar density: A test case of changing core reduction at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40 (12), 4348-4357. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.06.007

Petraglia, Michael D., Alsharekh, Abdullah, Breeze, Paul, Clarkson, Chris, Crassard, Remy, Drake, Nick A., Groucutt, Huw S., Jennings, Richard, Parker, Adrian G., Parton, Ash, Roberts, Richard G., Shipton, Ceri, Matheson, Carney, al-Omari, Abdulaziz and Veall, Margaret-Ashley (2012). Hominin Dispersal into the Nefud Desert and Middle Palaeolithic Settlement along the Jubbah Palaeolake, Northern Arabia. Plos One, 7 (11) e49840, e49840-1-e49840-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049840

Clarkson, Chris, Jones, Sacha and Harris, Clair (2012). Continuity and change in the lithic industries of the Jurreru Valley, India, before and after the Toba eruption. Quaternary International, 258, 165-179. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.11.007

Haslam, Michael, Clarkson, Chris, Roberts, Richard G., Bora, Janardhana, Korisettar, Ravi, Ditchfield, Peter, Chivas, Allan R., Harris, Clair, Smith, Victoria, Oh, Anna, Eksambekar, Sanjay, Boivin, Nicole and Petraglia, Michael (2012). A southern Indian Middle Palaeolithic occupation surface sealed by the 74 ka Toba eruption: Further evidence from Jwalapuram Locality 22. Quaternary International, 258, 148-164. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.08.040

Haslam, Michael, Harris, Clair, Clarkson, Chris, Pal, J. N., Shipton, Ceri, Crowther, Alison, Koshy, Jinu, Bora, Janardhana, Ditchfield, Peter, Ram, Harindra Prasad, Price, Kathryn, Dubey, A. K. and Petraglia, Michael (2012). Dhaba: An initial report on an Acheulean, Middle Palaeolithic and microlithic locality in the Middle Son Valley, north-central India. Quaternary International, 258, 191-199. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.007

David, Bruno, Geneste, Jean-Michel, Wear, Ray L., Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Katherine, Margaret, Gunn, R. G., Clarkson, Christopher, Plisson, Hughes, Lee, Preston, Petchey, Fiona, Rowe, Cassandra, Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara, Miller, Wes, Hoerle, Stephane, James, Daniel, Boche, Elisa, Aplin, Ken, McNiven, Ian J., Richards, Thomas, Fairbairn, Andrew and Matthews, Jacqueline (2011). Nawarla Gabarnmang, a 45,180±910 cal BP Site in Jawoyn country, southwest Arnhem Land Plateau. Australian Archaeology, 73 (73), 73-77. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2011.11961928

O'Connor, Sue, Ono, Rintaro and Clarkson, Chris (2011). Pelagic fishing at 42,000 years before the present and the maritime skills of modern humans. Science, 334 (6059), 1117-1121. doi: 10.1126/science.1207703

Langley, Michelle C., Clarkson, Christopher and Ulm, Sean (2011). From small holes to grand narratives: The impact of taphonomy and sample size on the modernity debate in Australia and New Guinea. Journal of Human Evolution, 61 (2), 197-208. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.03.002

Clarkson, Chris and Hiscock, Peter (2011). Estimating original flake mass from 3D scans of platform area. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38 (5), 1062-1068. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.12.001

Hiscock, Peter, Clarkson, Chris and Mackay, Alex (2011). Big debates over little tools: Ongoing disputes over microliths on three continents. World Archaeology, 43 (4), 653-664. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2011.624755

McNiven, Ian J., David, Bruno, Aplin, Ken, Pivoru, Max, Pivoru, William, Sexton, Alex, Brown, Jonathan, Clarkson, Chris, Connell, Kate, Stanisic, John, Weisler, Marshall, Haberle, Simon, Fairbairn, Andrew and Kemp, Noel (2010). Historicising the present: Late Holocene emergence of a rainforest hunting camp, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. Australian Archaeology, 71 (71), 41-56. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2010.11689383

Haslam, Michael, Clarkson, Chris, Petraglia, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, Jones, Sacha, Shipton, Ceri, Ditchfield, Peter and Ambrose, Stanley H. (2010). The 74 ka Toba super-eruption and southern Indian hominins: Archaeology, lithic technology and environments at Jwalapuram Locality 3. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37 (12), 3370-3384. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.034

Geneste, Jean-Michel, David, Bruno, Plisson, Hugues, Clarkson, Chris, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Petchey, Fiona and Whear, Ray (2010). Earliest evidence for ground-edge axes: 35,400±410 cal BP from Jawoyn Country, Arnhem Land. Australian Archaeology, 71 (71), 66-69. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2010.11689385

David, Bruno, Geneste, Jean-Michel, Aplin, Ken, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Araho, Nick, Clarkson, Chris, Connell, Kate, Haberle, Simon, Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara, Stanisic, John, Fairbairn, Andrew, Skelly, Robert and Rowe, Cassandra (2010). The Emo site (OAC), Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea: Resolving long-standing questions of antiquity and implications for the history of the ancestral Hiri maritime trade. Australian Archaeology, 70 (1), 39-54. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2010.11681910

Petraglia, Michael D., Haslam, Michael, Fuller, Dorian Q., Boivin, Nicole and Clarkson, Chris (2010). Out of Africa: New hypotheses and evidence for the dispersal of Homo sapiens along the Indian Ocean rim. Annals of Human Biology, 37 (3), 288-311. doi: 10.3109/03014461003639249

Eren, Metin I., Kollecker Mark A., Clarkson, Christopher J. and Bradley, Bruce A. (2010). Dynamic approaches to teaching lithic technology: Using YouTube in the classroom. Ethnoarchaeology, 2 (2), 223-233.

Clarkson, C (2009). AUSTRALIA'S EASTERN REGIONAL SEQUENCE REVISITED: TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGE AT CAPERTEE 3. AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY (69), 76-77.

Petraglia, Michael, Clarkson, Christopher, Boivin, Nicole, Haslam, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, Chaubey, Gyaneshwer, Ditchfield, Peter, Fuller, Dorian, James, Hannah, Jones, Sacha, Kivisild, Toomas, Koshy, Jinu, Lahr, Marta Mirazón, Metspalu, Mait, Roberts, Richard and Arnold, Lee (2009). Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (30), 12261-12266. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0810842106

Hiscock, Peter and Clarkson, Chris (2009). The reality of reduction experiments and the GIUR: Reply to Eren and Sampson. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36 (7), 1576-1581. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.03.019

Clarkson, Chris, Petraglia, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, Haslam, Michael, Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Ditchfield, Peter, Fuller, Dorian, Miracle, Preston, Harris, Clair, Connell, Kate, James, Hannah and Koshy, Jinu (2009). The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occupation and change at the Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter. Antiquity, 83 (320), 326-348. doi: 10.1017/S0003598X0009846X

Petraglia, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, Bai, M. Kasturi, Boivin, Nicole, Clarkson, Christopher, Cunningham, Kevin, Ditchfield, Peter, Fuller, Dorian, Hampson, Jamie, Haslam, Michael, Jones, Sacha, Koshy, Jinu, Miracle, Preston, Oppenheimer, Clive and White, Kevin (2009). Human occupation, adaptation, and behavioral change in the Pleistocene and Holocene of South India: Recent Investigations in the Kurnool District, India. Eurasian Prehistory, 6 (1-2), 119-166.

Langley, Michelle C., Clarkson, Christopher and Ulm, Sean (2008). Behavioural complexity in Eurasian Neanderthal populations: A chronological examination of the archaeological evidence. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 18 (3), 289-307. doi: 10.1017/S095977430S000371

Langley, M., Clarkson, C.J. and Ulm, S. (2008). Behavioural complexity in Eurasian Neanderthal populations: A chronological examination of the archaeological evidence. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 18 (3), 289-307. doi: 10.1017/S0959774308000371

Nejman, L. and Clarkson, C.J. (2008). SCRAPER AND NOTCH REDUCTION IN MIDDLE AND UPPER PALAEOLITHIC ASSEMBLAGES FROM CENTRAL EUROPE. Lithic Technology, 33 (1), 17-30. doi: 10.1080/01977261.2008.11721058

Clarkson, C. J. and Hiscock, P. (2008). Tapping into the past: Exploring the extent of Palaeolithic retouching through experimentation. Lithic Technology, 33 (1), 5-16. doi: 10.1080/01977261.2008.11721057

Hiscock, Peter and Clarkson, Chris (2007). Retouched notches at Combe Grenal and the reduction hypothesis. American Antiquity, 72 (1), 176-190. doi: 10.2307/40035303

Petraglia, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, Boivin, Nicole, Clarkson, Christopher, Ditchfield, Peter, Jones, Sacha, Koshy, Jinu, Lahr, Marta Mirazón, Oppenheimer, Clive, Pyle, David, Roberts, Richard, Schwenninger, Jean-Luc, Arnold, Lee and White, Kevin (2007). Middle Paleolithic Assemblages from the Indian Subcontinent before and after the Toba Super-Eruption. Science, 317 (5834), 114-116. doi: 10.1126/science.1141564

Clarkson, C. J. (2006). Explaining point variability in the eastern Victoria river region, northern territory. Archaeology In Oceania, 41 (3), 97-106. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2006.tb00618.x

Clarkson, Chris (2006). Comment on "Reassessing Australia's linguistic prehistory" by Mark Clendon. Current Anthropology, 47 (1), 52-53.

Clarkson, C. J. (2006). Reassessing Australia's linguistic prehistory: Comments. Current Anthropology, 47 (1), 52-53. doi: 10.1086/497671

Clarkson, Chris, Vinicius, Lucio and Lahr, Marta (2006). Quantifying Flake Scar Patterning on Cores Using 3D Recording Techniques. Journal of Archaeological Science, 33 (1), 132-142. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.07.007

Clarkson, Chris (2006). Interpreting Surface Assemblage Variation in Wardaman Country, Northern Territory: An Ecological Approach., 7, 177-192.

Hiscock, Peter and Clarkson, Chris (2005). Experimental evaluation of Kuhn's geometric index of reduction and the flat-flake problem. Journal of Archaeological Science, 32 (7), 1015-1022. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.02.002

Clarkson, Chris (2002). Holocene scraper reduction, technological organization and landuse at Ingaladdi Rockshelter, northern Australia. Archaeology in Oceania, 37 (2), 79-86. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2002.tb00508.x

Clarkson, Chris (2002). An Index of Invasiveness for the Measurement of Unifacial and Bifacial Retouch: A Theoretical, Experimental and Archaeological Verification. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29 (1), 65-75. doi: 10.1006/jasc.2001.0702

Clarkson, Chris (2001). Technological Change in Wardaman Country: Report on the 1999 Season. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2001 (1), 63-68.

Clarkson, Chris and Hiscock, Peter (2000). Analysing Australian Stone Artefacts: an Agenda for the Twenty-First Century. Australian Archaeology, 50, 98-108.

Westcott, Catherine, Lilley, Ian, Ulm, Sean, Clarkson, Chris and Brian, Deborah (1999). Big Foot Art Site, Cania Gorge: Site report. Queensland Archaeological Research, 11, 43-58. doi: 10.25120/qar.11.1999.86

Eales, Tony, Westcott, Catherine, Lilley, Ian, Ulm, Sean, Brian, Deborah and Clarkson, Chris (1999). Roof Fall Cave, Cania Gorge: Site report. Queensland Archaeological Research, 11, 29-42.

Lilley, Ian, Brian, Deborah, Clarkson, Chris and Ulm, Sean (1998). Pleistocene Aboriginal occupation at Cania Gorge, Central Queensland: preliminary results of fieldwork. Archaeology in Oceania, 33 (1), 28-31. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1998.tb00397.x

Hayes, Elspeth H., Fullagar, Richard L. K., Clarkson, Christopher J. and O’Connor, Sue (2014). Usewear on the platform: 'use-flakes' and 'retouch-flakes' from northern Australia and Timor. An Integration of the Use-Wear and Residue Analysis for the Identification of the Function of Archaeological Stone Tools: International Workshop, Rome, Italy, 5-7 March, 2012. Oxford, United Kingdom: Archaeopress.

Langley, Michelle C., Ulm, Sean and Clarkson, Chris (2006). Exploring Change in Neanderthal Behavioural Complexity: An Innovative Approach to the Study of Neanderthal Behaviour. Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference, Beechworth, Victoria, 8-10 December 2006.

Clarkson, C. and Wallis, L. (2003). The search for El Nino/Southern Oscillation in archaeological sites: Recent results for Jugali-ya Rockshelter, Wardaman Country. The State-of-the-Art in Phytolith and Starch Research in the Australian-Pacific-Asian Regions, Canberra, Australia, 1-3 August 2001. Canberra, Australia: Pandanus Books.

Clarkson, C. M. V. (Christopher M. V.) (1994). A technological investigation into the beginnings of systematic blade production at Garnawala 2, Northern Territory. Honours Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.459

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