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The mediating effect of platform width on the size and shape of stone flakes by Lin, Sam C, Rezek, Zeljko, Abdolahzadeh, Aylar, Braun, David R, Dogandžić, Tamara, Leader, George M, Li, Li, McPherron, Shannon P

“…To understand the ways in which past stone knappers controlled the morphology of the flakes they produced, archaeologists have focused on examining the effects…”
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Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape by McPherron, Shannon P, Abdolahzadeh, Aylar, Archer, Will, Chan, Annie, Djakovic, Igor, Dogandžić, Tamara, Leader, George M, Li, Li, Lin, Sam, Magnani, Matthew, Reeves, Jonathan, Rezek, Zeljko, Weiss, Marcel

“…Four ways archaeologists have tried to gain insights into how flintknapping creates lithic variability are fracture mechanics, controlled experimentation,…”
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The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids by Li, Hao, Kuman, Kathleen, Lotter, Matt G., Leader, George M., Gibbon, Ryan J.

“…Prepared core technology illustrates in-depth planning and the presence of a mental template during the core reduction process. This technology is, therefore,…”
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The Fauresmith of South Africa: A new assemblage from Canteen Kopje and significance of the technology in human and cultural evolution by Kuman, Kathleen, Lotter, Matt G., Leader, George M.

“…The Fauresmith was a term first coined by archaeologists in the 1920s to describe a cultural development intermediate between the Earlier and Middle Stone…”
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A Crinoline in the Attic: Ritual Concealment at a Historic Plantation in New Jersey by Leader, George M., Wekselblatt, Nick, Greene, Lance, Puzzo, Gianna

“…The William Green Plantation near Trenton, New Jersey, was built circa 1720 and continuously occupied until the 1960s. The plantation served as a billet for…”
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A Synthesis of the Dibble et al. Controlled Experiments into the Mechanics of Lithic Production by Li, Li, Lin, Sam C., McPherron, Shannon P., Abdolahzadeh, Aylar, Chan, Annie, Dogandžić, Tamara, Iovita, Radu, Leader, George M., Magnani, Matthew, Rezek, Zeljko, Dibble, Harold L.

“…Archaeologists have explored a wide range of topics regarding archaeological stone tools and their connection to past human lifeways through experimentation…”
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A multiscale stratigraphic investigation of the context of StW 573 ‘Little Foot’ and Member 2, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa by Bruxelles, Laurent, Stratford, Dominic J., Maire, Richard, Pickering, Travis R., Heaton, Jason L., Beaudet, Amelie, Kuman, Kathleen, Crompton, Robin, Carlson, Kris J., Jashashvili, Tea, McClymont, Juliet, Leader, George M., Clarke, Ronald J.

“…The Sterkfontein Caves is currently the world's richest Australopithecus-bearing site. Included in Sterkfontein's hominin assemblage is StW 573 (‘Little…”
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Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Funerary Hardware and Material Culture from the Historic Cemetery (ca. 1702–1859) of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia by Leader, George M., Moran, Kimberlee Sue, Beatrice, Jared, Dhody, Anna, Veit, Richard F.

“…The historic burial ground of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was uncovered in the winter of 2016–2017 during development of an urban lot in downtown…”
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Threads of Evidence: Polarized Light Microscopy for Funerary Textile Identification from an Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Philadelphia Burial Ground by Leader, George M., De Paola, Philip, Mina, Laura, Hayda, Sophia, Moran, Kimberlee Sue, Beatrice, Jared, Dhody, Anna

“…The First Baptist Church of Philadelphia (FBCP) burial ground was excavated in 2017 after being discovered during construction in historic Philadelphia (Leader…”
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A Geoarchaeological Study of the Middle and Upper Pleistocene Levels at Canteen Kopje, Northern Cape Province, South Africa by Lotter, Matt G., Gibbon, Ryan J., Kuman, Kathleen, Leader, George M., Forssman, Tim, Granger, Darryl E.

“…Canteen Kopje, situated in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, has two main archaeological deposits: alluvial gravels and a mantle of overlying fine…”
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A LATER STONE AGE ASSEMBLAGE FROM CANTEEN KOPJE, NORTHERN CAPE by FORSSMAN, TIM R., KUMAN, KATHLEEN, LEADER, GEORGE M., GIBBON, RYAN J.

“…Canteen Kopje has been mentioned in archaeological literature for almost a century because of artefacts which had come to light during exploitation of the Vaal…”
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Handaxes in South Africa: Two case studies in the early and later Acheulean by Li, Hao, Kuman, Kathleen, Leader, George M., Couzens, Raymond

“…As a characteristic component of the Acheulean Complex that is particularly significant in understanding the technological behaviour of early hominids,…”
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Heat exposed lithics: An experimental approach to quantifying potlids by temperature by Abdolahzadeh, Aylar, Leader, George M., Li, Li, Olszewski, Deborah I., Schurr, Theodore G.

“…•Evaluated the effects of temperature and duration of heating on the formation of potlid fractures on flint flake surfaces.•In the absence of hearths, burned…”
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Introducing platform surface interior angle by McPherron, Shannon P, Abdolahzadeh, Aylar, Archer, Will, Chan, Annie, Djakovic, Igor, Dogandzic, Tamara, Leader, George M, Li, Li, Lin, Sam, Magnani, Matthew, Reeves, Jonathan, Rezek, Zeljko, Weiss, Marcel, Wang, Jianguo

“…Four ways archaeologists have tried to gain insights into how flintknapping creates lithic variability are fracture mechanics, controlled experimentation,…”
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The mediating effect of platform width on the size and shape of stone flakes by Sam C Lin, Zeljko Rezek, Aylar Abdolahzadeh, David R Braun, Tamara Dogandžić, George M Leader, Li Li, Shannon P McPherron

“…To understand the ways in which past stone knappers controlled the morphology of the flakes they produced, archaeologists have focused on examining the effects…”
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Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape by Shannon P. McPherron, Aylar Abdolahzadeh, Will Archer, Annie Chan, Igor Djakovic, Tamara Dogandžić, George M. Leader, Li Li, Sam Lin, Matthew Magnani, Jonathan Reeves, Zeljko Rezek, Marcel Weiss, Jianguo Wang

“…Four ways archaeologists have tried to gain insights into how flintknapping creates lithic variability are fracture mechanics, controlled experimentation,…”
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A later stone age assemblage from Canteen Kopje, Northern Cape by Tim R. Forssman, Kathleen Kuman, George M. Leader, Ryan J. Gibbon

“…Canteen Kopje has been mentioned in archaeological literature for almost a century because of artefacts which had come to light during exploitation of the Vaal…”
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Address by the Honorable George M. Leader, Governor of Pennsylvania, at the Delegates' Luncheon, April 2, 1955 by Leader, George M.

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ADDRESS by Leader, George M

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Pennsylvania Politics and Government, 1950-1970: A Round Table Discussion by Crist, Robert G., Blatt, Genevieve, Leader, George M., Lee, Kenneth B., Reichley, A. James, Shafer, Raymond P.

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