Function and behaviour: use-wear evidence from Upper Paleolithic tools in southern Shanxi Province, North China

Function and behaviour: use-wear evidence from Upper Paleolithic tools in southern Shanxi Province, North China

Lithic use-wear analysis has become a principal approach for interpreting the function of stone tools and inferring human behaviour. This study presents the results of use-wear analysis on lithic tools excavated from the Upper Paleolithic sites of Xiachuan and Chaisi in the southern part of Shanxi P...

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Main Authors: Hong Chen, Yiren Wang, Chun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2016-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
Subjects:
Upper Paleolithic
Xiachuan and Chaisi sites
tool function
use-wear analysis
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/7064

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