The application of 3D laser scanning technology to the assessment of ordinal and mechanical cortex quantification in lithic analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 694-702

  Lin, Sam C H ^a   Douglass, Matthew J ^a,b   Holdaway, Simon J ^a   Floyd, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

3D laser scanning; Cortex quantification; Experimental archaeology; Lithic technology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SCANNER;

EID: 77949540538     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.030     Document Type: Article

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