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)<br>Dr Robert Rein, Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte, EHESS <br>Dr Tetsushi Nonaka, Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte, EHESS <br>Dr Francis Wenban-Smith, Dept of Archaeology, University of Southampton <br>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:<br>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. <br>Rein R, Bril B, Nonaka T (2013) Coordination strategies used in stone knapping. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 150: 539-550. <br>Rein R, Nonaka T, Bril B (in press) Movement pattern variability in stone knapping: Implications for the development of percussive traditions, PlosOne and the included legend files for further details.