Lithic use-wear analysis / edited by Brian Hayden.

"Proceedings of the Conference on Lithic Use-Wear, held at Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, from March 16 through March 20, 1977."

Includes bibliographies and index.

I. Overview and theoretical considerations -- 1. An Introduction to Use-Wear : The First CLUW / Brian Hayden and Johan Kamminga -- 2. The Place of Lithic Use-Wear Studies in Behevioral Archaeology / Michael B. Schiffer -- A Review of Experimental Traceological Research in the USSR / Jeff Levitt -- 4. An Inventory System Perspective of Groundstone Artifact Use-Wear at the Joint Site / Frederick J. E. Gorman -- 5. Discussion : General Considerations -- II. Fractures -- 6. Mechanism of Microcontact Fracture in Brittle Solids / B. R. Lawn and D. B. Marshall -- 7. Regarding Fracture Initiations / Are Tsirk -- The Mechanics of Flaking / Brian Cotterell and Johan Kamminga -- 9. Experimental Evidence for the Significance of Attributes Used in Edge-Damage Analysis / Robert A. Lawrence -- 10. The Calculation of Edge Loss on Chipped-Stone Tools Resulting from Use / John Tomenchuk -- 11. The Ho Ho Classification and Nomenclature Committee Report -- 12. Discussion : Fractures and Angles -- III. Abrasion, Polish, and Striations -- 13. The Natura of So-Called Polished Surfaces on Stone Artifacts / George Diamond -- 15. Once upon a Striation : Current Models of Striation and Polish Formation / Terry A. Del Bene -- 16. Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis of Use-Striae / Darly Fedje -- 17. Discussion : Smoothing, Polish, and Striations -- IV. Application and Results -- 18. Testing a Method of Microwear Analysis with Experimental Flint Tools / M. H. Newcomer and L. H. Keeley -- 19. Snap, Shatter, and Superfractures : Use-Wear of Stone Skin Scrapers / Brian Hayden -- 20. The Wear and Use of Battered Tools at Armijo Rockshelter / Walter A. Dood, Jr. -- 21. Soapstone Modification and Its Effects on Lithic Implements / Terry A. Del Bene and Phillip H. Shelley -- 22. Observations on the Use of Stone Tools : Dulling of Working Edges of Some Chipped Stone Tools in Bison Butchering / George C. Frison -- 23. Inference and Imposition in Lithic Analysis / Ruthann Knudson -- 24. Discussion : Inferring Worked Materials -- V. Raw Materials -- 25. Raw Materials as a Functional Variable in Use-Wear Studies / Sally T. Greiser and Payson D. Sheets -- 26. Discussion : Raw Materials -- VI. Technique and Methodology -- 27. Functional Analysis of Nonobsidian Chipped Stone Artifacts : Terms, Variables, and Quantification / Stanley A. Ahler -- 28. A New Improved System for the Retrieval of Functional Information from Microscopic Observations of Chipped Stone Tools / George H. Odell -- 29. A New Method for Observation and Recording of Use-Wear / Jorgen Ilkjaer -- 30. Fundamental Statistical Considerations in the Study of Microwear / Jack D. Nance -- 31. Discussion : Experimental and Analytical Procedures -- VII. New Horizons and Other Sources of Inference -- 32. Ascending Paper Chromatographic Technique in Archaeology / Michael Broderick -- 33. Organic Residue Analysis in Determining Stone Tool Function / Harry J. Shafer and Richard G. Holloway -- 34. Stonework of the Xeta Indians of Brazil / Tom O. Miller.