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Archaeometry 48 (4)
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Title:
Archaeometry 48 (4)
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Series:
Archaeometry
Volume
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Volume:
48 (4)
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Journal
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Editor:
Mark M Pollard
Günther A Wagner
J Burton
M Martini
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Publisher:
Blackwell Publishing
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Year of Publication:
2006
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/arch/48/4
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Created Date:
11 Jun 2007
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Abstract
Under the hammer: residues resulting from production and microwear o...
L Byrne
Andreu Ollé
Josep Maria Vergès
549 - 564
The paper presents the results of an experimental programme investigating the effects of production processes on stone tools and their interference with use-related features. In the first part of the experimental programme, a series of flint flakes was retouched with different kinds of hammers in order to assess the extent and nature of percussion residues. After careful environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) observation and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, the retouched flakes were thoroughly cleaned and the underlying flint deformation was recorded. The second part of the experimental programme involved selecting several uncleaned retouched pieces for use in short woodworking, hide-processing and butchery experiments. These pieces were observed and analysed before, during and after use. Some of the percussion features proved to be surprisingly resistant to use, and in some cases turned out to be strikingly similar in appearance to use-generated features.
A review of supervised and unsupervised pattern recognition in archaeometry
Michael J Baxter
671 - 694
The paper reviews, in a largely non-technical manner, the ideas behind the wide variety of newer statistical methods that have been developed that take advantage of modern computing power and, in some cases, have been designed to handle data sets more complex than those often used in archaeometric data analysis. The author illustrates their use on a variety of data sets and attempts to assess their potential for future archaeometric use.
A new thermoluminescence dating technique for heated flint
Daniel Richter
M Krbetschek
695 - 705
A new thermoluminescence (TL) technique for determining the age of heated flint artefacts from archaeological sites is presented. It is a variant of the SAR protocol, which is usually used for OSL dating of sediment, but it is not based on a presumed model for fitting the dose--response curve. Dose recovery tests as well as comparisons with standard protocols show the accuracy of the new technique. It was found that the sensitivity of the thermoluminescence (TL) signal of flint in the orange--red waveband does not show severe changes due to the heating process while measuring the TL. This allows the application of a short SAR procedure, which requires only two dose points. The technique does not require as much instrument time as other SAR techniques, and thus is advantageous for dating very old samples. The major advantage of this new technique is the small amount of sample material required, which allows the dating of samples that are too small for standard TL dating techniques.