Quantifying use-wear traces through RIMAPS and Variogram analyses

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-101

  Álvarez, Myrian ^a   Fuentes, Néstor O ^b,c   Favret, Eduardo A ^c,d,e   Dolce, M Vanina ^f,g   Forlano, Ana ^g  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lithic technology; Quantification; RIMAPS; Use wear; Variograms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873054115     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0086-8     Document Type: Article

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