Until now, lithic illustrations have been hand-drawn by archaeological illustrators or researchers with extensive experience. In recent decades, however, lithic illustrations have been used less and less, owing to high-costs and the increased use of photography.
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| Finished illustration produced using the STIVA protocol [Credit: © Jacopo Cerasoni] |
But lithic illustrations are still an invaluable tool for archaeology which cannot be substituted with photographs or any other recording method present today. With this newly optimized step-by-step protocol, Jacopo Cerasoni of the ‘Lise Meitner’ Pan-African Evolution research group at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History offers a novel method for illustrating stone tools, giving everyone - from professional researchers to students - the possibility to produce cost-free, competent and publishable illustrations.
Access the protocol here.
Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft [October 27, 2020]
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