Lithic raw material physical properties and use-wear accrual

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 711-722

  Lerner, Harry ^a   Du, Xiangdong ^a   Costopoulos, Andre ^a   Ostoja Starzewski, Martin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hardness; Nanoindentation; Raw material; Roughness; Use wear

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 33845697802     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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