Laser scanning confocal microscopy: a potential technique for the study of lithic microwear

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2223-2230

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Lithic Microwear; Lithics; LSCM; Quantification; SEM; Use wear

Indexed keywords

LASER; LITHIC FRAGMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIMESCALE;

EID: 44449084231     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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