Microwear on quartz
Fact or fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carole Sussman (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-111 |
| Publication date | 1985-06-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/00438243.1985.9979953 |
| OpenAlex | W1966366090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper presents the results of initial investigations of use wear traces left on experimental quartz tools. The edges of experimentally used quartz flakes were examined using both a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope. The wear traces were compared with those on flakes of Brandon flint (used for the same amount of time on the same materials) a rock whose polish attributes have been well documented and described. Alteration of the worked edge and the surface of the quartz takes the form of scarring (edge damage), pitting of varying intensity, striae and sometimes a change in the surface texture. The scanning electron microscope effectively heightened and revealed textural changes on the surface of the quartz, which otherwise might be obscured by its highly reflective nature
Composite material · Electron microscope · Image (mathematics · Microscope · Mineralogy · Optics · Physics · Quartz · Scanning electron microscope · Texture (cosmology · Computer Science · Geology · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Rock Mechanics and Modeling · Tunneling and Rock Mechanics
Introducción a las huellas de uso
Surface analysis of stone and bone tools
Quantifying Microwear on Experimental Mistassini Quartzite Scrapers
Use-wear analysis of the late Middle Pleistocene quartzite assemblage from the Gran Dolina site, TD10.1 subunit (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
La gestión del utillaje de piedra tallada en el Paleolítico Medio de Galicia. El nivel 3 de Cova Eirós (Triacastela, Lugo)
Use-wear Analysis of Nonflint Lithic Raw Materials
Multi-technique tribosystem and wear mechanics analysis of bipolar flaking
Denticulados y muescas
Microscopic analysis of technical and functional traces as a method for the use-wear analysis of rock crystal tools
Monitoring and interpreting the use-wear formation processes on quartzite flakes through sequential experiments
A new combined approach using confocal and scanning electron microscopy to image surface modifications on quartzite
Bajo la lupa y el microscopio
Some Preliminary Observations on Subsurface Damage on Experimental and Archaeological Quartz Tools using CLSM and Dye
The role of silica in Polish formation
Bipolar Reduction and Behavioral Variability During the Mid-Late Holocene at Eagle's Nest, Mount Sinai Harbor, New York
Identification and evaluation of post-depositional mechanical traces on quartz assemblages
Hafting wear on quartzite tools
A use-wear interpretation of the most common raw materials from the Olduvai Gorge
Applied Force as a Determining Factor in Lithic Use-Wear Accrual
The Middle Pleistocene handaxe site of Shuangshu in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China
An experimental case of bone-working usewear on quartzite artifacts
Microwear analysis of Mousterian quartz tools from the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, Spain)
The Mousterian lithic assemblage of the Ciota Ciara cave (Piedmont, Northern Italy)
Quartzes matter. Understanding the technological and behavioural complexity in quartz lithic assemblages
Experimental protocols for the study of battered stone anvils from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Quartz backed tools as arrowheads and hand-cast spearheads
Structural study of two quartzite varieties from the Utrillas facies formation (Olmos de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)
Scanning Electron and Optical Light Microscopy
Written on The Edge
Unveiling the behavioural significance of the Aterian coarse-grained lithic assemblages
Experimental use-wear on non-flint tools
Studying non-chert lithic macro-tools from the Upper Palaeolithic
The Middle Stone Age in the Eastern Desert. Edar 135 — a buried early MIS 5 horizon from Sudan
Functional analysis of late Holocene flaked and pebble stone artefacts from Vanuatu, Southwest Pacific
Old stones' song
On Accuracy and Revelance in Lithic Use-wear Analysis
Lithic occurences and stratigraphic problems at Turtle Rock (Hervey Range), North Queensland
Immunological and Microwear Analysis of Chipped-Stone Artifacts from Piedmont Contexts
Archaeological approaches to the present
Experimental determination of stone tool uses
Hunter and Habitat in the Central Kalahari Desert
Technique and methodology in microwear studies
Microwear analysis of experimental flint tools
Experimentation in the Formation of Edge Damage
Experimentation in the Formation of Edge Damage
On Some Palaeolithic Knapping Tools and Modes of Using Them
| Unique citing works | 38 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,93 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2026 (42) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |