An Experiment In Edge Damage
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When a stone flake is used in specific applications, such as sawing
or whittling, distinct wear patterns are formed. In addition, unique
patterns are also formed by the surface on which the tool is used. Wood,
meat, hide, and bone all leave dissimilar scars on a lithic device. Modern
archaeologi ....
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.... side to use as a saw. A
small round twig, a centimeter thick, from a local deciduous tree was used
as the wood subject. The exact species of the tree is unknown; however, it
was a very hard wood and a light brown/tan color.
Initially, medium pressure was used on the flake and it was moved
in bi-directional strokes across the stick. After about thirty strokes,
the use edge angle prohibited the flake from cutting further in to the
stick. The cut was roughly three millimeter ....
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