Abstract
Stone tools are the most durable and ubiquitous residue of prehistoric hominid activity. For this reason, archeologists attempt to learn as much as possible about hominid behavior from the analysis of lithic artifacts. Lithic microwear analysis reconstructs aspects of stone‐tool use from patterned variation in the traces of microscopic wear on those tools. The analysis of lithic microwear traces has increased our understanding of how stone tools were used in contexts ranging from the early Pleistocene to the ethnographic present.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 143-150 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1992 |
Keywords
- experimental archeology
- microscopy
- microwear analysis
- Stone tools
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