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Macro and Micro Evidences from the Past: The State of the Art of Archeological Use-Wear Studies

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Use-Wear and Residue Analysis in Archaeology

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Abstract

Since long ago, functional interpretations about prehistoric tools illustrated one of the main concerns in the archeological research. In this scenario, although embraced with some initial controversy, the development of the use-wear analysis has been seen as the most important contributions to understand and interpret artifact functionality, particularly lithic tools.

This chapter is organized in two main topics: (1) a historical background introduction, containing a brief description of the state of the art of lithic use-wear analysis in archeological studies, focused on the development of functional studies over the last two centuries, and (2) methodological key-issues on lithic use-wear analysis, covering succinctly some of the most important methodologies on lithic analysis, later described in detail in the following chapters of this volume.

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Marreiros, J., Mazzucco, N., Gibaja, J., Bicho, N. (2015). Macro and Micro Evidences from the Past: The State of the Art of Archeological Use-Wear Studies. In: Marreiros, J., Gibaja Bao, J., Ferreira Bicho, N. (eds) Use-Wear and Residue Analysis in Archaeology. Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08257-8_2

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