Toward the standardization of use-wear studies: constructing an analogue to prehistoric hide work

This thesis is a use-wear study that deals with microwear on stone endscrapers used on one worked material: animal skins. The first part of the study defines and describes the process of rendering freshly skinned pelts into functional leather or rawhide products, addressing confusing terminology fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiederhold, James Edward
Other Authors: Shafer, Harry J.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/435