| Prehension and hafting traces on flint tools: a methodology V Rots Universitaire Pers Leuven, 2010 | 387 | 2010 |
| Projectiles and the abuse of the use-wear method in a search for impact V Rots, H Plisson Journal of Archaeological Science 48, 154-165, 2014 | 283 | 2014 |
| Aspects of tool production, use, and hafting in Palaeolithic assemblages from Northeast Africa V Rots, P Van Peer, PM Vermeersch Journal of human evolution 60 (5), 637-664, 2011 | 186 | 2011 |
| Insights into early Middle Palaeolithic tool use and hafting in Western Europe. The functional analysis of level IIa of the early Middle Palaeolithic site of Biache-Saint-Vaast … V Rots Journal of Archaeological Science 40 (1), 497-506, 2013 | 165 | 2013 |
| Early evidence of complexity in lithic economy: core-axe production, hafting and use at Late Middle Pleistocene site 8-B-11, Sai Island (Sudan) V Rots, P Van Peer Journal of Archaeological Science 33 (3), 360-371, 2006 | 152 | 2006 |
| Towards an understanding of hafting: the macro-and microscopic evidence V Rots Antiquity 77 (298), 805-815, 2003 | 149 | 2003 |
| Microwear and residue analyses in perspective: the contribution of ethnoarchaeological evidence V Rots, BS Williamson Journal of Archaeological Science 31 (9), 1287-1299, 2004 | 146 | 2004 |
| The functional analysis of the Mousterian and Micoquian assemblages of Sesselfelsgrotte, Germany: Aspects of tool use and hafting in the European Late Middle Palaeolithic … V Rots Quartär–Internationales Jahrbuch zur Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der …, 2009 | 132 | 2009 |
| Focus on the target. The importance of a transparent fracture terminology for understanding projectile points and projecting modes J Coppe, V Rots Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 12, 109-123, 2017 | 121 | 2017 |
| A story of colourful diggers and grinders: The Sangoan and Lupemban at site 8-B-11, Sai Island, Northern Sudan P Van Peer, V Rots, JM Vroomans Before Farming 2004 (3), 1-28, 2004 | 119 | 2004 |
| Pressure flaking to serrate bifacial points for the hunt during the MIS5 at Sibudu Cave (South Africa) V Rots, C Lentfer, VC Schmid, G Porraz, NJ Conard PloS one 12 (4), e0175151, 2017 | 108 | 2017 |
| Blind tests shed light on possibilities and limitations for identifying stone tool prehension and hafting V Rots, L Pirnay, P Pirson, O Baudoux Journal of Archaeological Science 33 (7), 935-952, 2006 | 101 | 2006 |
| Hafting traces on flint tools: possibilities and limitations of macro-and microscopic approaches V Rots KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2002 | 100 | 2002 |
| Making sense of residues on flaked stone artefacts: learning from blind tests V Rots, E Hayes, D Cnuts, C Lepers, R Fullagar PloS one 11 (3), e0150437, 2016 | 97 | 2016 |
| Wear traces and the interpretation of stone tools V Rots Journal of Field Archaeology 30 (1), 61-73, 2005 | 93 | 2005 |
| Residue and microwear analyses of the stone artifacts from Schöningen V Rots, BL Hardy, J Serangeli, NJ Conard Journal of Human Evolution 89, 298-308, 2015 | 90 | 2015 |
| Projectiles and hafting technology V Rots Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of Stone Age weaponry, 167-185, 2016 | 82 | 2016 |
| The contribution of ethnoarchaeological macro-and microscopic wear traces to the understanding of archaeological hide-working processes S Beyries, V Rots Prehistoric technology 40, 21-28, 2008 | 69 | 2008 |
| A 300,000-year-old throwing stick from Schöningen, northern Germany, documents the evolution of human hunting NJ Conard, J Serangeli, G Bigga, V Rots Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 (5), 690-693, 2020 | 63 | 2020 |
| A techno-functional perspective on quartz micro-notches in Sibudu's Howiesons Poort indicates the use of barbs in hunting technology P de la Peña, N Taipale, L Wadley, V Rots Journal of Archaeological Science 93, 166-195, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
