| Title: |
The elemental chemistry of lithic microwear:
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| Subtitle: |
an experiment |
| Issue: |
J Archaeol Sci 32 (12) |
| Series: |
Journal of Archaeological Science
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| Volume: |
32
(12)
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| Page Start/End: |
1733 - 1740 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The paper examines the ability of elemental analysis to distinguish microwear traces on stone tools. The authors' research hypothesised that cleaning procedures of experimental specimens may have heavily influenced previous studies in this area. Experimental flakes were used and cleaned by two alternative methods before laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was applied to study use-wear chemistry. The results showed that elementally recognisable traces remain on stone surfaces even with severe cleaning. Also studied were archaeological sickle blades from two sites in northern England. The results were counter-intuitive demonstrating that experimentally validated models potentially require extensive modification and clarification before being applied to archaeological material. This research identifies methodological problems and errors concerning cleaning within previous experimental studies and highlights new directions for this quantitative analytic approach in microwear analysis. |
| Year of Publication: |
2005
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Archaeological Sickle Blades (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Relations: |
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| Created Date: |
14 Mar 2006 |
