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An experimental case of bone-working usewear on quartzite artifacts.
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Quaternary International . Apr2017 Part A, Vol. 434, p129-137. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Usewear analysis has become an essential method for studying function of lithic artifacts. This article discusses experiments and analyses of usewear on quartzite artifacts caused from bone-working. The raw materials were collected from the Wulanmulun Site, Inner Mongolia, north China. Four working motions were involved, including cutting, scraping, drilling, and chopping. Five specimens were selected for a multi-stage experiment. This experiment demonstrates that apparent usewear would occur on the employable location on specimens as follows: 1) mainly large and medium scarring sizes; 2) mainly stepped and feathered terminations, and hinged ones occasionally; 3) continuous and overlapped distributions; 4) heavy rounding on the used edges of specimens. The multi-stage experiment shows that the number of newly produced scars declined with time duration and intensity of usage. The development of rounding shows a non-linear increase from light to heavy. This article intends to establish a reference collection of lithic usewear on Chinese quartzite for archaeological analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10406182
- Volume :
- 434
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Quaternary International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121938414
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.086