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Lithic Use-life

Lithic Use-Life is a theoretical construct in lithic analysis that denotes the chronological and functional duration of a stone tool’s operational effectiveness, distinguished from related concepts by its focus on the temporal trajectory of use-wear accumulation, resharpening, and eventual discard within human behavioral contexts.

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The Three Sides of a Biface

Robert L. Kelly · American Antiquity · 1988 · 445 citations

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Lithic Source Use and Paleoarchaic Foraging Territories in the Great Basin

George T. Jones, Charlotte Beck, Eric E. Jones et al. · American Antiquity · 2003 · 214 citations

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Lithic Use-Wear Analysis. Brian Hayden editor. Academic Press, New York, 1979. xix + 413 pp., illus., index. $21.25 (cloth).

Thomas R. Hester · American Antiquity · 1982 · 195 citations

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The function of recycled lithic items at late Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel: An overview of the use-wear data

Cristina Lemorini, Flavia Venditti, Ella Assaf et al. · Quaternary International · 2014 · 76 citations

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Core Use-Life Distributions in Lithic Assemblages as a Means for Reconstructing Behavioral Patterns

Matthew Douglass, Sam Lin, David R. Braun et al. · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory · 2017 · 33 citations

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Authors

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  1. CL
    Cristina Lemorini

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    1 publications · 76 citations

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  2. GT
    George T. Jones

    Hamilton College, United States

    1 publications · 214 citations

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  3. TG
    Ted Goebel

    First American (United States), United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. ZY
    Ze-Meng Yang

    Institute of Archaeology, China

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. TD
    Tiphaine Dachy

    Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés, France

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  2. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  3. Adelphi University

    Garden City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  4. The University of Texas at San Antonio

    San Antonio, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    195 citations

  5. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  6. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  7. Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité

    Nanterre, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    304 citations

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  1. American Antiquity

    3 publications · 854 citations

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  2. Quaternary International

    3 publications · 104 citations

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  3. Plains Anthropologist

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  4. Arctic Anthropology

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

    1 publications · 33 citations

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