The application of focus variation microscopy for lithic use-wear quantification

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-33

  Macdonald, Danielle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus variation microscopy; Lithic use wear analysis; Use wear quantification

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84901216626     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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