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Methodological work on prehensile wear was performed allowing the proposition of microscopic traits for distinguishing between hand-held and hafted stone tools in lithic assemblages, as well as between different hafting arrangements. A step-by-step analytical procedure is proposed for the inexperienced analyst.
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I am indebted to the Research Foundation of K.U.Leuven and the Foundation for Scientific Research (FWO and FNRS-FRS) for supporting this research. I sincerely thank the Chercheurs de la Wallonie attached to the Préhistosite de Ramioul for performing the experiments on which this research is based.
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Rots, V. (2015). Keys to the Identification of Prehension and Hafting Traces. 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_6
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