The function of prehistoric lithic tools: A combined study of use-wear analysis and FTIR microspectroscopy

2012 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Nunziante Cesaro ◽  
Cristina Lemorini
Keyword(s):  
Ftir Microspectroscopy ◽  
Wear Analysis ◽  
Use Wear ◽  
Lithic Tools

scholarly journals Function and behaviour: use-wear evidence from Upper Paleolithic tools in southern Shanxi Province, North China

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 499-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Chen ◽  
Yiren Wang ◽  
Chun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
North China ◽  
Stone Tools ◽  
Upper Paleolithic ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Wear Analysis ◽  
Use Wear ◽  
Lithic Tools

Lithic use-wear analysis has become a principal approach for interpreting the function of stone tools and inferring human behaviour. This study presents the results of use-wear analysis on lithic tools excavated from the Upper Paleolithic sites of Xiachuan and Chaisi in the southern part of Shanxi Province, North China. In this study, microblades and so-called core-like tools from these two sites were selected for examination by low-power techniques to identify their use patterns. The results suggest that approx. 30% of microblades might have been used mainly to process animal substances, and a lower percentage for vegetal substances. Based on the use-wear evidence, items classified as core-like tools should be regarded as microblade-cores, since they exhibit few traces of utilisation.

scholarly journals Towards an understanding of retouch flakes: A use-wear blind test on knapped stone microdebitage

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243101
Author(s):  
Benjamin Chan ◽  
Juan Francisco Gibaja ◽  
Virginia García-Díaz ◽  
Christian Steven Hoggard ◽  
Niccolò Mazzucco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Blind Test ◽  
Wear Analysis ◽  
Use Wear ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Lithic Tools ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Site Function ◽  
Analytical Approaches ◽  
Activity Areas

The retouching and resharpening of lithic tools during their production and maintenance leads to the production of large numbers of small flakes and chips known as microdebitage. Standard analytical approaches to this material involves the mapping of microartefact densities to identify activity areas, and the creation of techno-typologies to characterise the form of retouch flakes from different types of tools. Whilst use-wear analysis is a common approach to the analysis of tools, it has been applied much less commonly to microdebitage. This paper contends that the use-wear analysis of microdebitage holds great potential for identifying activity areas on archaeological sites, representing a relatively unexplored analytical resource within microartefact assemblages. In order to test the range of factors that affect the identification of use-wear traces on small retouch flakes, a blind test consisting of 40 retouch flakes was conducted. The results show that wear traces can be identified with comparable levels of accuracy to those reported for historic blind tests of standard lithic tools suggesting that the use-wear analysis of retouch flakes can be a useful analytical tool in understanding site function, and in increasing sample sizes in cases where assemblages contain few tools.

scholarly journals How do you like your cereal? A qualitative and quantitative use-wear analysis on archaeological grinding tools from prehistoric Greek sites

Wear ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 203636
Author(s):  
Danai Chondrou ◽  
Maria Bofill ◽  
Haris Procopiou ◽  
Roberto Vargiolu ◽  
Hassan Zahouani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Wear Analysis ◽  
Use Wear

Inferring human activities from the Late Pleistocene to Holocene in Topogaro 2, Central Sulawesi through use-wear analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 102905
Author(s):  
Riczar Fuentes ◽  
Rintaro Ono ◽  
Nasrullah Aziz ◽  
Sriwigati ◽  
Nico Alamsyah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Wear Analysis ◽  
Use Wear ◽  
Late Pleistocene To Holocene ◽  
Central Sulawesi
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