Experimental Determination of Stone Tool Uses: A Microwear Analysis

by Lawrence H. Keeley

Book Overview

A major problem confronting archeologists is how to determine the function of ancient stone tools. In this important work, Lawrence H. Keeley reports on his own highly successful course of research into the uses of British Paleolithic flint implements. His principal method of investigation, known as "microwear analysis," was the microscopic examination of traces of use left on flint implements in the form of polishes, striations, and breakage patterns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226428893
• ISBN13: 9780226428895
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.3"