Time wears on: Assessing how bone wears using 3D surface texture analysis.

ABSTRACT: Use-wear analysis provides a means of studying traces produced on animal bone during manufacture and use in an effort to reconstruct these processes. Often, these analyses are qualitative and based on experience and expertise. Previous studies have focused on interpreting final traces, but little is known about how these traces develop and change over time. We propose the use of an innovative quantitative method for studying bone surface traces that aims to reduce any unreliable or non-replicable results that can confound more traditional qualitative analyses. We seek to understand the basics of use-wear formation over Time by taking incremental molds of bone specimens subjected to a controlled, mechanical experiment. This study assesses how bone wears during extended use on three Material

SUBMITTER: Martisius NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221309 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature