The quantification of microwear traces
A new use for interferometry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Dumont (Quaternary Research Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 206-217 |
| Publication date | 1982-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1982.9979861 |
| OpenAlex | W2000501375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 59 |
| References cited | 4 |
The author introduces the technique of interferometry to the field of microwear analysis as a method to quantify certain aspects of polish microtopographies, and the features that can occur thereon, that have hitherto defied rigorous description or analysis. The newly available data is then interpreted through use of an explicit model of the physical conditions necessary for polish development in order to provide an independent assessment of the particular causative contact/worked materials
Data science · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Interferometry · Optics · Physics · Computer Science · Geology · History · Mathematics · Optical measurement and interference techniques · Philosophy
Using metrology in early prehistoric stone tool research
Surface analysis of stone and bone tools
Quantifying Microwear on Experimental Mistassini Quartzite Scrapers
Kárpát-medencei nyersanyagokból készült kőeszközök felületi elváltozásainak kvalitatív és kvantitatív elemzése
Macro and Micro Evidences from the Past
Microwear Analysis of Some Clovis and Experimental Chipped Stone Tools
Intra-raw material variability and use-wear accrual
Estudios funcionales de artefactos líticos de Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Notas en Torno a La Identificación en Las Huellas De Uso
Microscopic analysis of technical and functional traces as a method for the use-wear analysis of rock crystal tools
Functional analysis of prehistoric flint tools by high-power microscopy
A review of quantification of lithic use-wear using laser profilometry
Surface roughness as a quantitative approach to use-wear on macrolithic tools
Butchering or wood? A LSCM analysis to distinguish use-wear on stone tools
Replicating surface texture
Testing imaging confocal microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy, and focus variation microscopy for microscale measurement of edge cross-sections and calculation of edge curvature on stone tools
An experimental investigation of the effects of post-depositional damage on current quantitative use-wear methods
A workflow for quality control in surface texture analysis applied to teeth and tools
Dental microwear of small mammals as a high resolution paleohabitat proxy
Grey level co-occurrence matrix and learning algorithms to quantify and classify use-wear on experimental flint tools
Identifying Experimental Tool Use Through Confocal Microscopy
Microwear methodology
UBM Laser Profilometry and Lithic Use-Wear Analysis
Documenting Stages of Polish Development on Experimental Stone Tools
On the importance of blind testing in archaeological science
Discriminating wild vs domestic cereal harvesting micropolish through laser confocal microscopy
Investigating microwear polishes with blind tests
The elemental chemistry of lithic microwear
Cereal cultivation and domestication as shown by microtexture analysis of sickle gloss through confocal microscopy
Science and interpretation in microwear studies
The Quantification of Use-Wear Polish Using Image Analysis. First Results
Lithic raw material physical properties and use-wear accrual
The application of focus variation microscopy for lithic use-wear quantification
Why should traceology learn from dental microwear, and vice-versa
Reaping the rewards
Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Surface Alterations of Stone Tools Made of Raw Materials from the Carpathian Basin
An Interim Report of the Star Carr Microwear Study
Use-Trace Epistemology and the Logic of Inference
Use-Wear Analyses on Manos and Hide-Processing Stones
Scales of Analysis
D multiscale curvature analysis of tool edges as an indicator of cereal harvesting intensity
Fundamentals in practice
A citation network analysis of lithic microwear research
Intra-raw material variability and use-wear formation
Here's the dirt
Quantifying lithic surface alterations using confocal microscopy and its relevance for exploring the Châtelperronian at La Roche-à-Pierrot (Saint-Césaire, France)
Rethinking Use-Wear Analysis and Experimentation as Applied to the Study of Past Hominin Tool Use
Laser scanning confocal microscopy
Quantification and Discrimination of Lithic Use‐wear
Quantifying Cereal-Reaping Microwear On Flint Tools
Testing Area‐Scale Fractal Complexity (A sfc ) and Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM) to Document and Discriminate Microwear on Experimental Quartzite Scrapers
Traces we leave behind
Shining Light on Dark Matter
Archaeological and Experimental Lithic Microwear Classification Through 2D Textural Analysis and Machine Learning
Experimental Replication of the Use of Ground Stone Tools
Quantifying use-wear traces through Rimaps and Variogram analyses
The Quantification of Microwear on Chipped Stone Tools
Digital Image Analysis and Use-Wear Accrual as a Function of Raw Material
Research Problems R Us
| Unique citing works | 59 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,37 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2025 (43) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |