Communications for research project: "Cutting-Edge Cognition Modelling: Petri nets and the knapping of Acheulean handaxes"

Contents: This reposity contains files associated with two conference presentations for the project "Cutting-Edge Cognition Modelling: Petri nets and the knapping of Acheulean handaxes": Poster presentation, presented at the 15th annual meeting by the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (2025) in Paris. Files included: Abstract submission (pdf), Poster (pdf). Description: This poster presents preliminary findings obtained from the Research Master thesis that initiated this research. The objective for this presentation was to provide a wide overview of the first application of Petri net models to Palaeolithic stone tool production. Oral communication, presented at the 7th International Congress of Experimental Archaeology (2025) in Liège. Files included: Abstract submission (pdf), Presentation slides (pptx). Description: The objective for this oral communcation was to introduce the Petri net approach to an broad archaeological audience with specific focus on the methodological realm of the Research Master thesis experiment. Complimentary video File included: video file (mp4). Description: This additional video gives a simplified visualisation of Petri nets construction through knapping footage. Acknowledgments: This work was supported by a Quintusfonds grant (https://quintusfonds.nl/aanvragen/). Special thanks to Ernest Mols for participating in the flint knapping experiment.