An Intergration of the Use-Wear and Residues Analysis for the Identification of the Function of Archaeological Stone Tools: Proceedings of the . Archaeological Reports International Series, 2649)

Cristina Lemorini; Stella Nunziante Cesaro

ISBN 10: 140731288X / ISBN 13: 9781407312880

Published by Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2014

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123 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 30 cm. The book publishes the proceedings of the workshop held in Rome in March 2012 that was intended to bring together archaeologists, scientists and students involved in the study of use-wear traces on prehistoric stone tools and/or in the identification of micro residues that might be present in them in order to hypothesize their function. Use-wear analysis carried out with microscopic analysis at low or high magnification is, at present, a settled procedure. The individuation and identification of residues is attempted using morphological and chemical techniques, these latter divided between invasive and non-invasive. Each employed technique has its own advantages and limitations. Both traces and residues analysis require a comparison to useful replicas.Even with regard to the making of replicas, no shared protocol exists. The workshop underlined the necessity to outline the basis for developing a common protocol concerning both analysis procedures and replicas realization. The adoption of consistent methods will make it possible for data obtained by multAle researchers to become interchangeable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Intergration of the Use-Wear and Residues Analysis for the Identification of the Function of Archaeological Stone Tools: Proceedings of the . Archaeological Reports International Series, 2649)
• Publisher: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 140731288X
• ISBN 13: 9781407312880
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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The book publishes the proceedings of the workshop held in Rome in March 2012 that was intended to bring together archaeologists, scientists and students involved in the study of use-wear traces on prehistoric stone tools and/or in the identification of micro residues that might be present in them in order to hypothesize their function. Use-wear analysis carried out with microscopic analysis at low or high magnification is, at present, a settled procedure. The individuation and identification of residues is attempted using morphological and chemical techniques, these latter divided between invasive and non-invasive. Each employed technique has its own advantages and limitations. Both traces and residues analysis require a comparison to useful replicas. Even with regard to the making of replicas, no shared protocol exists. The workshop underlined the necessity to outline the basis for developing a common protocol concerning both analysis procedures and replicas realization. The adoption of consistent methods will make it possible for data obtained by multiple researchers to become interchangeable.

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Cristina Lemorini and Stella Nunziante Cesaro