Atomic force microscopy of microwear traces on Mousterian tools from Myshtylagty Lagat (Weasel Cave), Russia

Since durable technology emerged between 3.4 and 3.2 million years ago, stone tools served as a major material means that hominins used to survive. Determining how different lithic tools functioned is a principal question in human evolution. The main experimentally based approach to the functional s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scanning 2011-09, Vol.33 (5), p.304-315
Hauptverfasser:	Faulks, Nathan R., Kimball, Larry R., Hidjrati, Nazim, Coffey, Tonya S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	atomic force microscope Atomic force microscopy Bones Drying Hides microwear palaeolithic stone tool function Polishes Roughness Russia scanning probe Wood
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