Intra-raw material variability and use-wear accrual: A continuing exploration

  • Harry Joseph Lerner Faculté des Lettres, Centre Interuniversitaire d'Études sur les Lettres, les Arts et les Traditions (CELAT), Université Laval, Quebéc, Quebéc
Keywords: experimental, raw material variability, use-wear accrual, digital image analysis

Abstract


This paper presents the latest results of an ongoing research initiative into the role of lithic raw material variability in use-wear formation. The present study continues recent exploration of wear formation associated with working dry hide. The work presented here expands on a recently published study of two raw materials from the American Southwest [San Juan Fossiliferous Chert (SJF) and Yellow Silicified Wood (YSW)] (Lerner, In Press) by presenting the analysis of two additional materials [Morrison Undifferentiated Gray Chert (MUG) and Brushy Basin Silicified Siltstone (BB)] using the same quantitative measures from the previous study (area percent, density, average intensity.) The methods used have broad geographic and temporal applicability, thus the potential for contributing to greater standardization in the quantification of archaeological use-wear. 

Published
15-Mar-2014
How to Cite
Lerner, H. (2014). Intra-raw material variability and use-wear accrual: A continuing exploration. Journal of Lithic Studies, 1(1), 165-186. https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.v1i1.755
Section
Research Articles