Integration of the Use-wear and Residue Analysis for the Identification of the Function of Archaeological Stone Tools : Proceedings of the International Workshop, Rome, March 5th-7th, 2012

Lemorini, Christina (EDT); Cesaro, Stella Nunziante (EDT)

ISBN 10: 140731288X / ISBN 13: 9781407312880

Editore: British Archaeological Reports, 2014

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Titolo: Integration of the Use-wear and Residue ...

Casa editrice: British Archaeological Reports

Data di pubblicazione: 2014

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: New

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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