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An Experiment in Edge Damage
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
archaeologists have devised a method, called use-wear analysis, in which
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.... roughly three millimeters deep and three quarters
millimeters wide. It could be determined that a tool, in this particular
shape, could not be used as an effective saw. However, use-wear patterns
could still be inferred. The flake was moved to another portion of the
stick and the same process was repeated. This time the cut was only about
two millimeters deep, before termination. Also, small pieces of obsidian
were left in the cut and many more small pieces were mixe ....
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