These scientists built their own Stone Age tools to figure out how they were used.
Telltale fractures and microscopic wear marks should be applicable to real artifacts.
By Jenneifer Quellette, Ars Techinca, March 9, 2024
[arstechnica.com]

The open accesspaper is:

Iwase, A., Sano, K., Nagasaki, J., Otake, N. and Yamada, M., 2024.
Experiments with replicas of Early Upper Paleolithic edge-ground
stone axes and adzes provide criteria for identifying tool functions.
Journal of Archaeological Science, 163, p.105891.
[www.sciencedirect.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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