Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1037281 | Journal of Archaeological Science | 2007 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Understanding the nature of the physical properties of lithic raw materials is a pre-requisite for developing more reliable interpretations of use-wear evidence and tool function. We use nanoindentation and use-wear experimentation as a way to measure differences in raw material surface hardness and roughness in order to show that differences in lithic material properties have implications for rates of use-wear accrual.
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Authors
Harry Lerner, Xiangdong Du, Andre Costopoulos, Martin Ostoja-Starzewski,