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An Experimental Study of the Morphological Characteristics of Tool Marks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Phillip L. Walker  and
Jeffrey C. Long
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Abstract

Experiments were performed to establish correlations between the edge characteristics of a series of tools and the marks they produce when applied to bone. Pressure and angle of application, length of blade, and motion used during the cutting stroke, were found to be important variables that affect the shape of tool marks. Using cross sections of butchering marks from archaeological sites, it was possible to establish associations between various classes of tools and specific tasks.

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American Antiquity , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , October 1977 , pp. 605 - 616
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1977

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