Flint and Quartzite: Distinguishing Raw Material Through Bone Cut Marks

• Published in: Archaeometry Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 437 - 452
• Main Authors: Maté‐González, M. Á., Yravedra, J., Martín‐Perea, D. M., Palomeque‐González, J., San‐Juan‐Blazquez, M., Estaca‐Gómez, V., Uribelarrea, D., Álvarez‐Alonso, D., Cuartero, F., González‐Aguilera, D., Domínguez‐Rodrigo, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2018
• Subjects: cut marks; flint; Fossils; Hominids; Lithic; micro‐morphometry; micro‐photogrammetry; quartzite; Raw materials; Olduvai Gorge

Since the 1980s, several experimental analyses have been able to differentiate some lithic tool types and some of their raw materials according to the morphology of cut marks imprinted by such tools when used for butchering activities. Thus, metal tool use has been differentiated in contexts with an...