Lin, Sam

Overview

I am an archaeologist who is interested in the study of human evolution through analysing stone tools. Because of its durable nature, stone tool provides a long record of human behaviour over the last 2-3 million years. Over the last decade, I have studied archaeological stone tools made by different hominin species from Europe, Africa, East Asia and Southeast Asia.

I am currently an ARC DECRA Fellow in the Centre for Archaeological Science and the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, as well as an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH).

Top Publications

Year	Title
2022	The mediating effect of platform width on the size and shape of stone flakes Published in PLoS ONE
2021	Forager Mobility and Lithic Discard Probability Similarly Affect the Distance of Raw Material Discard from Source Published in American Antiquity
2020	Aggregates, Formational Emergence, and the Focus on Practice in Stone Artifact Archaeology Published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2018	Experimental Design and Experimental Inference in Stone Artifact Archaeology Published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2018	Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
2017	Major fallacies surrounding stone artifacts and assemblages Published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2013	On the Utility and Economization of Unretouched Flakes: The Effects of Exterior Platform Angle and Platform Depth Published in American Antiquity

Research Areas

2101 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Research Overview

A central focus of my research is on understanding the fundamental properties of stone tools through experimentation. Because very few, if any, societies today use stone tools on a daily basis, stone tool technology is alien to most modern researchers. In order to reconstruct past technological behaviours from stone artefacts, I have been conducting mechanical flaking experiments to understand the basic cause-and-effect properties of stone tool making. These fundamental knowledge allow researchers to objectively characterise the technological behaviours of early humans from stone artefacts. I am also interested in exploring past socio-cultural processes from archaeological stone tools, such as mobility, territoriality and cultural transmission. To understand these processes in the context of archaeological formation, I use computer modelling to examine how different patterns of stone tool production, selection and transport over time and space can explain the archaeological record that we find today.

To apply my experimental and modelling work to actual archaeological data, I have studied stone tools made by different early human groups from different parts of the world. These include large cutting tools made by Homo erectus over 1 million years ago in East Africa, to small chipped flakes produced by Neanderthals and early modern humans in France, South Africa, China and Indonesia. Using a comparative approach, I am interested in understanding not only how early humans interacted with local environments in the past, but also the long-term behavioural evolution of our human lineage.

Currently, I am involved in several field research projects. I am a collaborator on the excavation of several Upper Palaeolithic sites in the semi-arid zone of Ningxia, China. I am also involved in the excavation project at Liang Bua, Indonesia, where Homo floresiensis fossil remains were found.

Geographic Focus

East Asia Continent
Southeast Asia Geographic Region
Western Europe Transnational Region

Available as Research Supervisor

Member Of

Centre for Archaeological Science Research Fellow 2016 -
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Research Fellow 2017 - 2020
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Postdoc fellow 2014 - 2015

Has Collaborator

Braun, David Faculty Academic
Douglass, Matthew Faculty Academic
Mackay, Alex C. Dr.
McPherron, Shannon Faculty Academic
Peng, Fei Faculty Academic
Sutikna, Thomas Dr

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	A Synthesis of the Dibble et al. Controlled Experiments into the Mechanics of Lithic Production Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2022	After the blades: The late MIS3 flake-based technology at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China Published In PLoS ONE
2022	New insights on commemoration of the dead through mortuary and architectural use of pigments at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey Published In Scientific Reports
2022	Quantifying knapping actions: a method for measuring the angle of blow on flakes Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2022	The effect of edge serration on the performance of stone-tip projectiles: an experimental case study of the Maros Point from Holocene South Sulawesi Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2022	The mediating effect of platform width on the size and shape of stone flakes Published In PLoS ONE
2021	Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China) (vol 17, pg 137, 2018) Published In ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
2021	Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China) (vol 17, pg 137, 2018) Published In ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
2021	Forager Mobility and Lithic Discard Probability Similarly Affect the Distance of Raw Material Discard from Source Published In American Antiquity
2021	Operationalizing niche construction theory with stone tools Published In Evolutionary Anthropology
2021	Quina Retouch Does Not Maintain Edge Angle Over Reduction Published In Lithic Technology
2021	Simulating the impact of ground surface morphology on archaeological orientation patterning Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2021	Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul Published In Nature Communications
2020	A chronological model for the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China Published In PLoS One
2020	Aggregates, Formational Emergence, and the Focus on Practice in Stone Artifact Archaeology Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2020	Correction to: Aggregates, Formational Emergence, and the Focus on Practice in Stone Artifact Archaeology (Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, (2020), 27, 4, (887-928), 10.1007/s10816-020-09445-y) Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2020	Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape Published In PLoS ONE
2019	Correction to: Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2018), 2, 4, (628-633), 10.1038/s41559-018-0488-4) Published In Nature Ecology and Evolution
2019	Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China) Published In Archaeological Research in Asia
2019	Persistent local raw material transport at Shuidonggou Locality 2 Published In Archaeological Research in Asia
2019	The Doring River Archaeology Project: approaching the evolution of human land use patterns in the Western Cape, South Africa Published In PaleoAnthropology
2018	Assessing the Integrity of Older Archeological Collections: an Example from La Ferrassie Published In JOURNAL OF PALEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY
2018	Core Use-Life Distributions in Lithic Assemblages as a Means for Reconstructing Behavioral Patterns Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2018	Experimental Design and Experimental Inference in Stone Artifact Archaeology Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2018	Flake selection and scraper retouch probability: an alternative model for explaining Middle Paleolithic assemblage retouch variability Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2018	The onset of Late Paleolithic in North China: An integrative review of the Shuidonggou site complex, China Published In L'Anthropologie
2018	Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology Published In Nature Ecology & Evolution
2018	Variance in the response of silcrete to rapid heating complicates assumptions about past heat treatment methods Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2017	A geometric morphometric relationship predicts stone flake shape and size variability Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2017	Major fallacies surrounding stone artifacts and assemblages Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2017	The Application of SfM Photogrammetry Software for Extracting Artifact Provenience from Palaeolithic Excavation Surfaces Published In Journal of Field Archaeology
2017	The effects of platform beveling on flake variation Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2016	A Core Reduction Experiment Finds No Effect of Original Stone Size and Reduction Intensity on Flake Debris Size Distribution Published In American Antiquity
2016	A core reduction experiment finds no effect of original stone size and reduction intensity on flake debris size distribution Published In American Antiquity
2016	Interpreting MIS3 artefact transport patterns in Southern Africa using cortex ratios: An example from the Putslaagte valley, Western Cape Published In South African Archaeological Bulletin
2015	Establishing statistical confidence in Cortex Ratios within and among lithic assemblages: a case study of the Middle Paleolithic of southwestern France Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2015	The application of 3D photogrammetry for in-field documentation of archaeological features Published In Advances in Archaeological Practice
2014	An experimental assessment of the influences on edge damage to lithic artifacts: a consideration of edge angle, substrate grain size, raw material properties, and exposed face Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2014	Flake variation in relation to the application of force Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2013	Corrigendum to "On the industrial attributions of the Aterian and Mousterian of the Maghreb" [J. H. Evol. 64 (2013) 194-210] Published In Journal of Human Evolution
2013	On the Utility and Economization of Unretouched Flakes: The Effects of Exterior Platform Angle and Platform Depth Published In American Antiquity
2013	On the industrial attributions of the Aterian and Mousterian of the Maghreb Published In Journal of Human Evolution
2013	On the utility and economization of un retouched flakes: the effects of exterior platform angle and platform depth Published In American Antiquity
2013	The relative cross section and kinetic energy distribution of dissociation processes of methane by electron impact Published In JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
2012	Book review: Lithics in the Land of the Lightning Brothers: The Archaeology of Wardaman Country, Northern Territory, Chris Clarkson, Canberra: Australian National University E Press, 2007, 238 pp. (paperback), $49.50. ISBN-13: 9781921313288 Published In PaleoAnthropology
2012	New excavations at the site of Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco Published In PaleoAnthropology
2011	Characterization of New Zealand obsidian using PXRF Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2011	The relative effects of core surface morphology on flake shape and other attributes Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2010	Moving sources: a preliminary study of volcanic glass artifact distributions in northeast China using PXRF Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2010	The application of 3D laser scanning technology to the assessment of ordinal and mechanical cortex quantification in lithic analysis Published In Journal of Archaeological Science

Chapter

Year	Title
2018	The Lithic Assemblages Published In MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SITE OF PECH DE L'AZE IV Publisher SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
2018	The Lithic Assemblages Published In MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SITE OF PECH DE L'AZE IV Publisher Springer International Publishing
2016	The Role of Controlled Experiments in Understanding Variation in Flake Production Published In ARCHAEOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND INTERPRETATION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Publisher UNIV PRESS COLORADO
2016	The role of controlled experiments in understanding variation in flake production Published In Archaeological Variability and Interpretation in Global Perspective Publisher Boulder, United States
2016	The role of controlled experiments in understanding variation in flake production Published In Archaeological Variability and Interpretation in Global Perspective

Translator Of

China National Knowledge Infrastructure Article

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2023	The hobbit's tools and the evolution of human behaviour in Southeast Asia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
2020	Stone Tools and the origin of human Culture Awarded by: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Funding Scheme: Australia Germany Joint Cooperation Scheme

Other Research Activities

Understanding past technology through controlled experiments on the formation of stone artefacts Primary investigator 2016 -
Simulating the effect of knapper decision-making on stone artefact assemblage variability Co-investogator 2014 -
The anlaysis of archaeological materials from Pigeon Mountain Locality 20, Ningxia, China Collaborator 2019 - 2021
Dating Shuidonggou Locality 2 and the Initial Upper Palaeolithic in North China Co-investigator 2017

Available as Research Supervisor

Teaching Activities

ARCH102 Big Questions in Archaeology Coordinator 2019
ARCH301 Archaeology in Action Coordinator 2019
ARCH101 Archaeology of Australiasia Coordinator 2017

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Understanding the Early Middle Stone Age of the Southern African Interior	O'Driscoll, Corey
Doctor of Philosophy	The Toalean stone tool techno-complex and its implication on human adaptation during the Holocene in South Sulawesi, Indonesia	Wahab, Anton Ferdianto
Doctor of Philosophy	Characterising the tool production behavior of Homo floresiensis through biomechanical modeling	Barroso Medina, Cecilia

Reviewer Of

Advances in Archaeological Practice (Academic Article)
American Antiquity (Academic Article)
Antiquity (Academic Article)
Archaeological Research in Asia (Academic Article)
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (Academic Article)
Journal of African Archaeology (Academic Article)
Journal of Archaeological Science (Academic Article)
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (Academic Article)
Journal of Human Evolution (Academic Article)
Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (Academic Article)
Lithic Technology (Academic Article)
Quaternary International (Academic Article)

Education And Training

B.A. in Anthropology, University of Auckland, Department of Anthropology 2005 - 2007
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution 2014 - 2015
Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology 2009 - 2014

Awards And Honors

Fellow, conferred by Louis J. Kolb Society, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, 2014
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Student, conferred by University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Science, 2013
Dean's Scholar, conferred by University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Science, 2013

Advisee Of

Graduate Advising Relationship
- Dibble, Harold , Doctor of Philosophy candidacy, 2009 - 2014
- Holdaway, Simon, B.A. candidacy, 2005 - 2009
Postdoc Or Fellow Advising Relationship
- McPherron, Shannon, 2014 -

Keywords

Paleolithic archaeology; Late Pleistocene hominin evolution; Human-environment interaction; Stone artefacts; Archaeological method and theory; Experimentation; Modelling; Statistical applications

Full Name

Sam Chieh-Heng Lin

Top Publications

Year	Title
2022	The mediating effect of platform width on the size and shape of stone flakes Published in PLoS ONE
2021	Forager Mobility and Lithic Discard Probability Similarly Affect the Distance of Raw Material Discard from Source Published in American Antiquity
2020	Aggregates, Formational Emergence, and the Focus on Practice in Stone Artifact Archaeology Published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2018	Experimental Design and Experimental Inference in Stone Artifact Archaeology Published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2018	Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
2017	Major fallacies surrounding stone artifacts and assemblages Published in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2013	On the Utility and Economization of Unretouched Flakes: The Effects of Exterior Platform Angle and Platform Depth Published in American Antiquity

Research Areas

2101 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Research Overview

A central focus of my research is on understanding the fundamental properties of stone tools through experimentation. Because very few, if any, societies today use stone tools on a daily basis, stone tool technology is alien to most modern researchers. In order to reconstruct past technological behaviours from stone artefacts, I have been conducting mechanical flaking experiments to understand the basic cause-and-effect properties of stone tool making. These fundamental knowledge allow researchers to objectively characterise the technological behaviours of early humans from stone artefacts. I am also interested in exploring past socio-cultural processes from archaeological stone tools, such as mobility, territoriality and cultural transmission. To understand these processes in the context of archaeological formation, I use computer modelling to examine how different patterns of stone tool production, selection and transport over time and space can explain the archaeological record that we find today.

To apply my experimental and modelling work to actual archaeological data, I have studied stone tools made by different early human groups from different parts of the world. These include large cutting tools made by Homo erectus over 1 million years ago in East Africa, to small chipped flakes produced by Neanderthals and early modern humans in France, South Africa, China and Indonesia. Using a comparative approach, I am interested in understanding not only how early humans interacted with local environments in the past, but also the long-term behavioural evolution of our human lineage.

Currently, I am involved in several field research projects. I am a collaborator on the excavation of several Upper Palaeolithic sites in the semi-arid zone of Ningxia, China. I am also involved in the excavation project at Liang Bua, Indonesia, where Homo floresiensis fossil remains were found.

Geographic Focus

East Asia Continent
Southeast Asia Geographic Region
Western Europe Transnational Region

Member Of

Centre for Archaeological Science Research Fellow 2016 -
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Research Fellow 2017 - 2020
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Postdoc fellow 2014 - 2015

Has Collaborator

Braun, David Faculty Academic
Douglass, Matthew Faculty Academic
Mackay, Alex C. Dr.
McPherron, Shannon Faculty Academic
Peng, Fei Faculty Academic
Sutikna, Thomas Dr

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	A Synthesis of the Dibble et al. Controlled Experiments into the Mechanics of Lithic Production Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2022	After the blades: The late MIS3 flake-based technology at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China Published In PLoS ONE
2022	New insights on commemoration of the dead through mortuary and architectural use of pigments at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey Published In Scientific Reports
2022	Quantifying knapping actions: a method for measuring the angle of blow on flakes Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2022	The effect of edge serration on the performance of stone-tip projectiles: an experimental case study of the Maros Point from Holocene South Sulawesi Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2022	The mediating effect of platform width on the size and shape of stone flakes Published In PLoS ONE
2021	Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China) (vol 17, pg 137, 2018) Published In ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
2021	Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China) (vol 17, pg 137, 2018) Published In ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
2021	Forager Mobility and Lithic Discard Probability Similarly Affect the Distance of Raw Material Discard from Source Published In American Antiquity
2021	Operationalizing niche construction theory with stone tools Published In Evolutionary Anthropology
2021	Quina Retouch Does Not Maintain Edge Angle Over Reduction Published In Lithic Technology
2021	Simulating the impact of ground surface morphology on archaeological orientation patterning Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2021	Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul Published In Nature Communications
2020	A chronological model for the Late Paleolithic at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China Published In PLoS One
2020	Aggregates, Formational Emergence, and the Focus on Practice in Stone Artifact Archaeology Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2020	Correction to: Aggregates, Formational Emergence, and the Focus on Practice in Stone Artifact Archaeology (Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, (2020), 27, 4, (887-928), 10.1007/s10816-020-09445-y) Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2020	Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape Published In PLoS ONE
2019	Correction to: Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2018), 2, 4, (628-633), 10.1038/s41559-018-0488-4) Published In Nature Ecology and Evolution
2019	Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China) Published In Archaeological Research in Asia
2019	Persistent local raw material transport at Shuidonggou Locality 2 Published In Archaeological Research in Asia
2019	The Doring River Archaeology Project: approaching the evolution of human land use patterns in the Western Cape, South Africa Published In PaleoAnthropology
2018	Assessing the Integrity of Older Archeological Collections: an Example from La Ferrassie Published In JOURNAL OF PALEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY
2018	Core Use-Life Distributions in Lithic Assemblages as a Means for Reconstructing Behavioral Patterns Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2018	Experimental Design and Experimental Inference in Stone Artifact Archaeology Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2018	Flake selection and scraper retouch probability: an alternative model for explaining Middle Paleolithic assemblage retouch variability Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2018	The onset of Late Paleolithic in North China: An integrative review of the Shuidonggou site complex, China Published In L'Anthropologie
2018	Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology Published In Nature Ecology & Evolution
2018	Variance in the response of silcrete to rapid heating complicates assumptions about past heat treatment methods Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2017	A geometric morphometric relationship predicts stone flake shape and size variability Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2017	Major fallacies surrounding stone artifacts and assemblages Published In Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
2017	The Application of SfM Photogrammetry Software for Extracting Artifact Provenience from Palaeolithic Excavation Surfaces Published In Journal of Field Archaeology
2017	The effects of platform beveling on flake variation Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2016	A Core Reduction Experiment Finds No Effect of Original Stone Size and Reduction Intensity on Flake Debris Size Distribution Published In American Antiquity
2016	A core reduction experiment finds no effect of original stone size and reduction intensity on flake debris size distribution Published In American Antiquity
2016	Interpreting MIS3 artefact transport patterns in Southern Africa using cortex ratios: An example from the Putslaagte valley, Western Cape Published In South African Archaeological Bulletin
2015	Establishing statistical confidence in Cortex Ratios within and among lithic assemblages: a case study of the Middle Paleolithic of southwestern France Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2015	The application of 3D photogrammetry for in-field documentation of archaeological features Published In Advances in Archaeological Practice
2014	An experimental assessment of the influences on edge damage to lithic artifacts: a consideration of edge angle, substrate grain size, raw material properties, and exposed face Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2014	Flake variation in relation to the application of force Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2013	Corrigendum to "On the industrial attributions of the Aterian and Mousterian of the Maghreb" [J. H. Evol. 64 (2013) 194-210] Published In Journal of Human Evolution
2013	On the Utility and Economization of Unretouched Flakes: The Effects of Exterior Platform Angle and Platform Depth Published In American Antiquity
2013	On the industrial attributions of the Aterian and Mousterian of the Maghreb Published In Journal of Human Evolution
2013	On the utility and economization of un retouched flakes: the effects of exterior platform angle and platform depth Published In American Antiquity
2013	The relative cross section and kinetic energy distribution of dissociation processes of methane by electron impact Published In JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
2012	Book review: Lithics in the Land of the Lightning Brothers: The Archaeology of Wardaman Country, Northern Territory, Chris Clarkson, Canberra: Australian National University E Press, 2007, 238 pp. (paperback), $49.50. ISBN-13: 9781921313288 Published In PaleoAnthropology
2012	New excavations at the site of Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco Published In PaleoAnthropology
2011	Characterization of New Zealand obsidian using PXRF Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2011	The relative effects of core surface morphology on flake shape and other attributes Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2010	Moving sources: a preliminary study of volcanic glass artifact distributions in northeast China using PXRF Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2010	The application of 3D laser scanning technology to the assessment of ordinal and mechanical cortex quantification in lithic analysis Published In Journal of Archaeological Science

Chapter

Year	Title
2018	The Lithic Assemblages Published In MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SITE OF PECH DE L'AZE IV Publisher SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
2018	The Lithic Assemblages Published In MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SITE OF PECH DE L'AZE IV Publisher Springer International Publishing
2016	The Role of Controlled Experiments in Understanding Variation in Flake Production Published In ARCHAEOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND INTERPRETATION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Publisher UNIV PRESS COLORADO
2016	The role of controlled experiments in understanding variation in flake production Published In Archaeological Variability and Interpretation in Global Perspective Publisher Boulder, United States
2016	The role of controlled experiments in understanding variation in flake production Published In Archaeological Variability and Interpretation in Global Perspective

Translator Of

China National Knowledge Infrastructure Article

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2023	The hobbit's tools and the evolution of human behaviour in Southeast Asia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
2020	Stone Tools and the origin of human Culture Awarded by: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Funding Scheme: Australia Germany Joint Cooperation Scheme

Other Research Activities

Understanding past technology through controlled experiments on the formation of stone artefacts Primary investigator 2016 -
Simulating the effect of knapper decision-making on stone artefact assemblage variability Co-investogator 2014 -
The anlaysis of archaeological materials from Pigeon Mountain Locality 20, Ningxia, China Collaborator 2019 - 2021
Dating Shuidonggou Locality 2 and the Initial Upper Palaeolithic in North China Co-investigator 2017

Teaching Activities

ARCH102 Big Questions in Archaeology Coordinator 2019
ARCH301 Archaeology in Action Coordinator 2019
ARCH101 Archaeology of Australiasia Coordinator 2017

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Understanding the Early Middle Stone Age of the Southern African Interior	O'Driscoll, Corey
Doctor of Philosophy	The Toalean stone tool techno-complex and its implication on human adaptation during the Holocene in South Sulawesi, Indonesia	Wahab, Anton Ferdianto
Doctor of Philosophy	Characterising the tool production behavior of Homo floresiensis through biomechanical modeling	Barroso Medina, Cecilia

Reviewer Of

Advances in Archaeological Practice (Academic Article)
American Antiquity (Academic Article)
Antiquity (Academic Article)
Archaeological Research in Asia (Academic Article)
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (Academic Article)
Journal of African Archaeology (Academic Article)
Journal of Archaeological Science (Academic Article)
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (Academic Article)
Journal of Human Evolution (Academic Article)
Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (Academic Article)
Lithic Technology (Academic Article)
Quaternary International (Academic Article)

Education And Training

B.A. in Anthropology, University of Auckland, Department of Anthropology 2005 - 2007
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution 2014 - 2015
Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology 2009 - 2014

Awards And Honors

Fellow, conferred by Louis J. Kolb Society, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, 2014
Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Student, conferred by University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Science, 2013
Dean's Scholar, conferred by University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Science, 2013

Advisee Of

Graduate Advising Relationship
- Dibble, Harold , Doctor of Philosophy candidacy, 2009 - 2014
- Holdaway, Simon, B.A. candidacy, 2005 - 2009
Postdoc Or Fellow Advising Relationship
- McPherron, Shannon, 2014 -

Keywords

Paleolithic archaeology; Late Pleistocene hominin evolution; Human-environment interaction; Stone artefacts; Archaeological method and theory; Experimentation; Modelling; Statistical applications

Full Name

Sam Chieh-Heng Lin

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Building 41. Room 268

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http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6834-2646 (confirmed)

Scopus Id

55579447400

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