The elemental chemistry of lithic microwear: An experiment

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1733-1740

  Evans, Adrian A ^a   Donahue, Randolph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefact cleaning; LA ICP MS; Lithics; Microwear analysis; Quantification; Residue analysis; Use wear

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LITHIC FRAGMENT;

EID: 26844516101     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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