Dynamic image analysis to identify ancient artifacts in soil samples. We will work on microdebitage (the debris of ancient stone knapping first) and later expand to other materials (e.g., mortars).
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Are microdebitage from different stone-reduction stages the same? #23
Ancient knappers create stone tools from rocks by removing flakes in a sequence. Primary flakes bear cortex on their dorsal surface (the cortex is the often weathered outside of a rock); secondary flakes have a trace of cortex on their dorsal surface; tertiary flakes come entirely from the inside of a core.
Ancient knappers create stone tools from rocks by removing flakes in a sequence. Primary flakes bear cortex on their dorsal surface (the cortex is the often weathered outside of a rock); secondary flakes have a trace of cortex on their dorsal surface; tertiary flakes come entirely from the inside of a core.