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Use-life Estimation

Use-Life Estimation is a methodological construct within use-wear analysis that quantifies the duration or intensity of tool utilization through the systematic assessment of microscopic wear patterns accrued during functional use.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Modeling Use-Life Distributions in Archaeology Using New Guinea Wola Ethnographic Data

Michael Shott, Paul Sillitoe · American Antiquity · 2004 · 65 citations

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A suspension method to determine reuse life of chemical disinfectants during clinical use

Richard A. Robison, Howard L. Bodily, Daena F. Robinson et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1988 · 42 citations · Full text

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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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Weibull Estimation on Use Life Distribution in Experimental Spear-Point Data

Michael Shott · Lithic Technology · 2002 · 31 citations

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The Changing Scale and Configuration of Mesa Verde Communities

Nancy M. Mahoney, Michael Adler, James W. Kendrick · KIVA · 2000 · 30 citations

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Authors

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  1. MS
    Michael Shott

    University of Akron, United States

    2 publications · 96 citations

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  2. MD
    Matthew Douglass

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  3. TW
    Thomas W. Plummer

    Queens College, CUNY, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  4. RA
    Richard A. Robison

    Brigham Young University, United States

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  5. JW
    James W. Kendrick

    Southern Methodist University, United States

    1 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Northern Iowa

    Cedar Falls, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

  2. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    55 citations

  3. Southern Methodist University

    Dallas, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  6. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    65 citations

  7. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  8. Queens College, CUNY

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

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Venues

  1. KIVA

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  2. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. Lithic Technology

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  4. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  5. American Antiquity

    1 publications · 65 citations

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