Use-wear analysis has become an important technique in Palaeolithic archaeology.Based on a historical review of the development of the use-wear technique in the West and China, this article introduces both the high po...Use-wear analysis has become an important technique in Palaeolithic archaeology.Based on a historical review of the development of the use-wear technique in the West and China, this article introduces both the high power and low power methods, their conditions in detail, the criteria of identification, and the operation procedure. Moreover, the author gives preliminary results of the use-wear examination of the Xiaochangliang lithic artifacts, and discusses problems and prospects of present-day use-wear studies.展开更多
文摘Use-wear analysis has become an important technique in Palaeolithic archaeology.Based on a historical review of the development of the use-wear technique in the West and China, this article introduces both the high power and low power methods, their conditions in detail, the criteria of identification, and the operation procedure. Moreover, the author gives preliminary results of the use-wear examination of the Xiaochangliang lithic artifacts, and discusses problems and prospects of present-day use-wear studies.
