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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"use wear"”.
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Stone tools employed in prehistoric metal mining. A functional study of cobblestone tools from prehistoric metalliferous mines in England and Wales in relation to mining strategies by use-wear analysis and cobble morphometry
… dated to the Bronze Age which were most probably used to extract copper ore. The site assemblages studied are from the Great Orme, Copa Hill in Cwmystwyth, Nantyreira, Parys Mountain and Alderley Edge. The majority of the tools are hammerstones used to mine and beneficiate metal ore. Some of these …
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Monhantic Fort Gunflints: Continuity or Change in Mashantucket Pequot Lithic Manufacturing Patterns Due to European Contact
… behaviors related to production, maintenance, use, and discard of gunflints and other lithic tools made from European flint at Monhantic Fort and further if their patterns of manufacture and technologies were altered through contact with Europeans. As a number of the lithic tools, including the …
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Variability in the Debitage of the Early Holocene Lithic Assemblages of the Sanders (45KT315) Site
… and performance of stone tool manufacture and use at the Sanders (45KT315) site over time. Using this model, this thesis identified the selective conditions present in the technological organization of stone tool assemblages at the Sanders site. These conditions were identified by measuring …
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Change in lithic technological organization strategies during the Middle and Later Stone Ages in east Africa
… late MSA enabled more effective planning of tool use during the LSA. To accomplish the research objective I analyzed six flaked stone artifact assemblages from three different archaeological sites located in the Lake Naivasha basin. Three MSA assemblages from Marmonet Drift are dated >110 ka, …
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Using a multiproxy analysis of springbok fossils to track 2 million years of vegetation changes experienced by hominins in southern Africa.
… the baseline of dietary capabilities. Dental use-wear analysis provides the lifetime (mesowear) and end of life (microwear) dietary signals, supplemented by the early years signal from stable isotope analysis (carbon and oxygen). Further palaeoenvironmental conditions, such as precipitation …
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The Chipped Stone Tool Industries of Blackman Eddy, Belize
… between 1200 B.C.-A.D. 600 (calibrated). Because it was continuously occupied for over 1800 years, this site provides a unique opportunity to examine long-term socio-economic changes in the eastern Maya lowlands. This thesis is a diachronic study of the chipped stone tool artifacts of Blackman …
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Organization of Technology at the Sanders Site (45KT315): Analysis of Formed Tools from the Yakima Uplands, WA
… manufacture using local bog stone along with refuse from seasonal hunting and plant gathering. Identification of projectile point morphologies support temporal assignments for each component, and reflect shifts from dart to bow hunting. Analysis of all the bifacial formed tools (raw material, use …
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Beyond Meaning. An Artefact Approach to the Neolithic Figurines from Tell Sabi Abyad (Syria) and Ҫatalhöyük (Turkey)
… analyse figurines as a process; from production, use, to final deposition. Better insight into these aspects will allow us to more fully comprehend how figurines operated in their respective social contexts. Any statement on figurine practices needs to incorporate all types of figurines and …
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An investigation of ostrich eggshell bead size variability and the introduction of cup morphology
… and cultural symbols by those who create and use them. Originating in the Middle Stone Age (MSA), OES beads are still produced by several African communities. Early investigations of OES beads recovered from archaeological sites provided only rudimentary descriptions. Subsequent research has …
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The evolution of shelter: ecology and ethology of chimpanzee nest building
… from ants to humans. I investigated use-wear traces around nests to assess niche construction of nest- building. I showed that chimpanzees repeatedly re-used these specific nest-spots within trees, which are pre-fabricated for future building through repeated pruning and shaping of …
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Late Classic and Epiclassic obsidian procurement and consumption in the southeastern Toluca Valley, Central Highland Mexico
… analysis, chemical sourcing techniques, and use-wear analysis in order to address questions regarding changes in obsidian acquisition and consumption brought about by the demise of the city of Teotihuacan during the Late Classic. However, due to the nature of the varied analytical approaches …
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Implementazione degli strumenti per la diagnostica e creazione di una procedura per la loro applicazione nell'ambito dello studio e fruizione dei Beni Culturali
La ricerca che si presenta è stata incentrata sullo sviluppo di una metodologia per l'analisi delle superfici e delle tracce sui contenitori archeologici in ceramica col microscopio confocale a scansione laser. Questa particolare tecnologia ad elevata potenza, non invasiva e non distruttiva, di …
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Investigating the Mechanics and Chemistry of Sickle Polish Development
… containing flint and novaculite blades were used to harvest high and low moisture content rye and common fescue and associated field weeds. The differences in the development of sickle gloss were examined. High moisture content plants create thick, smooth fields of polish with undulating, …
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Estudio traceológico de la industria lítica achelense de Thiongo Korongo (Garganta de Olduvai, Tanzania): aproximación experimental y arqueológica a la gestión económica a partir del análisis de filos
En esta investigación se presentan los datos obtenidos a partir del análisis arqueológico de las huellas de uso observadas en el material lítico asociado al yacimiento achelense de Thiongo Korongo (TK) (1,353±0,35 Ma) (Garganta de Olduvai, Tanzania). Este estudio se ha realizado a partir de las …