🔬How does flint variability affect #UseWear formation? #ICArEHB researcher Marreiros co-authors this study on the #MiddlePleistocene site of Ambrona (Spain) in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s108...
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s108...
November 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
🔬How does flint variability affect #UseWear formation? #ICArEHB researcher Marreiros co-authors this study on the #MiddlePleistocene site of Ambrona (Spain) in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s108...
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Happy Friday!
Congratulations to Ms Liteboho Senyane and Prof. Justin Bradfield on their publication of an article titled: A usewear analysis of bone spatulas from the South African Holocene.
You can access the paper through the QR code below:
Congratulations to Ms Liteboho Senyane and Prof. Justin Bradfield on their publication of an article titled: A usewear analysis of bone spatulas from the South African Holocene.
You can access the paper through the QR code below:
October 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Happy Friday!
Congratulations to Ms Liteboho Senyane and Prof. Justin Bradfield on their publication of an article titled: A usewear analysis of bone spatulas from the South African Holocene.
You can access the paper through the QR code below:
Congratulations to Ms Liteboho Senyane and Prof. Justin Bradfield on their publication of an article titled: A usewear analysis of bone spatulas from the South African Holocene.
You can access the paper through the QR code below:
🏺 🦬 Coudoulous is a v cool #Neanderthal site in SW France, a natural pitfall that they seem to have taken advantage of to hunt bison. New usewear on the quartz & quartzite lithics finds butchery, wood and dry hide working, but also suggests some pieces were spear tips.
www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/...
www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/...
October 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
🏺 🦬 Coudoulous is a v cool #Neanderthal site in SW France, a natural pitfall that they seem to have taken advantage of to hunt bison. New usewear on the quartz & quartzite lithics finds butchery, wood and dry hide working, but also suggests some pieces were spear tips.
www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/...
www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/...
Can you add me please :) my two latest papers are on Australian Aboriginal shell beads and shell knives using experimental archaeology to investigate manufacture characteristics, debitage patterns and usewear.
February 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Can you add me please :) my two latest papers are on Australian Aboriginal shell beads and shell knives using experimental archaeology to investigate manufacture characteristics, debitage patterns and usewear.
My latest PhD paper is now out on the late Pleistocene tusk shell beads from Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, northwest Australia. The paper also includes discussion of usewear analysis and experimental archaeology.
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
Late Pleistocene scaphopod beads from Boodie Cave and deep time traditions of personal ornamentation in northwest Australia
Tubular segments of Scaphopoda (tusk shell) were traditionally used by Aboriginal peoples in the manufacture of ornate bead necklaces across northwest Australia. Twenty-seven scaphopod shell beads ...
doi.org
November 15, 2024 at 12:27 AM
My latest PhD paper is now out on the late Pleistocene tusk shell beads from Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, northwest Australia. The paper also includes discussion of usewear analysis and experimental archaeology.
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
Thanks to Dr Jaroslav Řídký and his team for hosting me at the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Science in Prague. It was a wonderful stay ended with a lecture about my research on #usewear #groundstonetools #plants #neolithic#SWAsia #RyC @iphes-cerca.bsky.social 🌱🔬
February 20, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Thanks to Dr Jaroslav Řídký and his team for hosting me at the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Science in Prague. It was a wonderful stay ended with a lecture about my research on #usewear #groundstonetools #plants #neolithic#SWAsia #RyC @iphes-cerca.bsky.social 🌱🔬
In Ardeche for the 11th International Conference of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Chipped & Ground Stone Industries of the Near East presenting the the results on the use of ground stone tools to process pulses at Kharaysin (Jordan) 🌱🔬 @iphes-cerca.bsky.social @csic.es #archaeology #usewear #neolithic
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
In Ardeche for the 11th International Conference of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Chipped & Ground Stone Industries of the Near East presenting the the results on the use of ground stone tools to process pulses at Kharaysin (Jordan) 🌱🔬 @iphes-cerca.bsky.social @csic.es #archaeology #usewear #neolithic
New exciting experiments have just began at @chewlabluc.bsky.social
🌾🔬🦷 #experimental #archaeology #plants #teeth #usewear
🌾🔬🦷 #experimental #archaeology #plants #teeth #usewear
September 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
New exciting experiments have just began at @chewlabluc.bsky.social
🌾🔬🦷 #experimental #archaeology #plants #teeth #usewear
🌾🔬🦷 #experimental #archaeology #plants #teeth #usewear
#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ Li Liu 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2026) Unveiling bast fiber production in Upper Paleolithic North China: Microfibers and usewear traces on stone tools from Shizitan. 𝑃𝐿𝑜𝑆 𝑂𝑛𝑒, 21(4): e0346767. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
▶ Li Liu 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2026) Unveiling bast fiber production in Upper Paleolithic North China: Microfibers and usewear traces on stone tools from Shizitan. 𝑃𝐿𝑜𝑆 𝑂𝑛𝑒, 21(4): e0346767. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Unveiling bast fiber production in Upper Paleolithic North China: Microfibers and usewear traces on stone tools from Shizitan
Fiber technology—including the making of cordages, mats, baskets, and textiles—holds a crucial place in human history. However, uncovering archaeological evidence of early fiber products proves challe...
doi.org
April 15, 2026 at 12:31 PM
#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ Li Liu 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2026) Unveiling bast fiber production in Upper Paleolithic North China: Microfibers and usewear traces on stone tools from Shizitan. 𝑃𝐿𝑜𝑆 𝑂𝑛𝑒, 21(4): e0346767. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
▶ Li Liu 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. (2026) Unveiling bast fiber production in Upper Paleolithic North China: Microfibers and usewear traces on stone tools from Shizitan. 𝑃𝐿𝑜𝑆 𝑂𝑛𝑒, 21(4): e0346767. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
I wrote my PhD on the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Scheldt valley and the effect of alterations on the preservation of usewear traces, also at @archeougent.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 12:10 PM
I wrote my PhD on the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Scheldt valley and the effect of alterations on the preservation of usewear traces, also at @archeougent.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky, let me introduce myself. I’m an archaeologist specialised in usewear/functional analysis of lithics currently doing my postdoc in @roam-ugent.bsky.social at @archeougent.bsky.social.
December 6, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Hey Bluesky, let me introduce myself. I’m an archaeologist specialised in usewear/functional analysis of lithics currently doing my postdoc in @roam-ugent.bsky.social at @archeougent.bsky.social.
awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/registration/ AWRANA #congress in Pisa 2026 opened registration and abstract submission. Don't miss the #EarlyBird deadline on 15/08/202! #archaeology #usewear🏺
Registration – AWRANA2026: Breaking Patterns in Archaeology
awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it
April 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/registration/ AWRANA #congress in Pisa 2026 opened registration and abstract submission. Don't miss the #EarlyBird deadline on 15/08/202! #archaeology #usewear🏺
The Call for Papers for the next AWRANA Conference on Wear and Residues Analysis will be open soon. AWRANA26 will take place at Pisa @preistoria.bsky.social between the 9th and 12th of April 2026.
March 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Now @beckyvicks talking about usewear from Middle Palaeolithic flintwork from Petiit Portelet. #IceAgeIsland
January 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Now @beckyvicks talking about usewear from Middle Palaeolithic flintwork from Petiit Portelet. #IceAgeIsland
It’s time someone did some usewear/experiments. They’re fragile and the blades thin and sharp. There’s also a group that are a bit rougher and look more practical, and others that are narrower and looking genuinely adze like. Quite unlike the earlier basic Neolithic axe blades. See my old PPS paper
January 26, 2026 at 5:52 PM
It’s time someone did some usewear/experiments. They’re fragile and the blades thin and sharp. There’s also a group that are a bit rougher and look more practical, and others that are narrower and looking genuinely adze like. Quite unlike the earlier basic Neolithic axe blades. See my old PPS paper
These findings support a model of early subsistence practices in which both female and male individuals at Wilamaya Patjxa hunted large mammals.
Lithic usewear confirms the function of Wilamaya Patjxa projectile points 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lithic usewear confirms the function of Wilamaya Patjxa projectile points 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 8, 2023 at 6:34 PM
These findings support a model of early subsistence practices in which both female and male individuals at Wilamaya Patjxa hunted large mammals.
Lithic usewear confirms the function of Wilamaya Patjxa projectile points 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lithic usewear confirms the function of Wilamaya Patjxa projectile points 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oh no. My stuff is functional for use in creating my other experimental stuff. It's more scientific than artistic. For example, creating a tool and then using it to test usewear under a scope. I've made some stuff that looks okay, but I'm not an artist, sadly. I really wish i were
December 6, 2023 at 11:38 PM
Oh no. My stuff is functional for use in creating my other experimental stuff. It's more scientific than artistic. For example, creating a tool and then using it to test usewear under a scope. I've made some stuff that looks okay, but I'm not an artist, sadly. I really wish i were
📖 Nouvelle publication en #OpenScience chez @sidestonepress !
▶️“Beyond use-wear Traces,
Going from tools to people by means of archaeological wear and residue analyses” Ed. Par S. Beyries, C. Hamon & Y. Maigrot 🤩
#traceology #neolithic #Archaeology
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sidestone.com/books/beyond-u…
▶️“Beyond use-wear Traces,
Going from tools to people by means of archaeological wear and residue analyses” Ed. Par S. Beyries, C. Hamon & Y. Maigrot 🤩
#traceology #neolithic #Archaeology
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sidestone.com/books/beyond-u…
Beyond Use-Wear Traces @ Sidestone Press
This book brings together 30 papers by leading scholars in the field of usewear and residue analysis. This publication aims to revive the debate on the role of traceology (use-wear and residues) in multidisciplinary approaches that address archaeological questions. Many studies on technological aspects of material culture deal with specific material categories (e.g. flint, ceramics, bone), often in separate or isolated ways, and this division does not really reflect the integrated nature of technical systems in which different material categories are in dynamic interaction. Hence, exploring the interaction between different chaînes opératoires is crucial for a more global concept of…
www.sidestone.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM
📖 Nouvelle publication en #OpenScience chez @sidestonepress !
▶️“Beyond use-wear Traces,
Going from tools to people by means of archaeological wear and residue analyses” Ed. Par S. Beyries, C. Hamon & Y. Maigrot 🤩
#traceology #neolithic #Archaeology
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sidestone.com/books/beyond-u…
▶️“Beyond use-wear Traces,
Going from tools to people by means of archaeological wear and residue analyses” Ed. Par S. Beyries, C. Hamon & Y. Maigrot 🤩
#traceology #neolithic #Archaeology
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sidestone.com/books/beyond-u…
You might want to take a look at @drspacejunk.bsky.social's PhD, which is not about Space Junk, but archaeological evidence for body modification (including shaving) here: www.academia.edu/10023577/The...
The Archaeology of Body Modification. The Identification of Symbolic Behaviour Through Usewear and Residues on Flaked Stone Tools
The origins of modern human behaviour have been constructed by some archaeologists as a question of the origins of symbolism. In this thesis I argue that consciousness is embodied and that body modifi...
www.academia.edu
May 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
You might want to take a look at @drspacejunk.bsky.social's PhD, which is not about Space Junk, but archaeological evidence for body modification (including shaving) here: www.academia.edu/10023577/The...
Excellent question. I’ll say that the top one with the deeper notch is much larger in real life (about 2x the size). This point definitely has this sort of variation normally but I don’t know if there’s any research on whether there is functional variation. Usewear analysis??
November 27, 2023 at 1:04 AM
Excellent question. I’ll say that the top one with the deeper notch is much larger in real life (about 2x the size). This point definitely has this sort of variation normally but I don’t know if there’s any research on whether there is functional variation. Usewear analysis??
🪨 Decoding #Acheulean percussive technology — #ICArEHB researchers Eduardo Paixão, João Marreiros & Erella Hovers co-author this open access study on #UseWear traces in stone tools.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#LithicTechnology #Archaeology
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#LithicTechnology #Archaeology
July 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
🪨 Decoding #Acheulean percussive technology — #ICArEHB researchers Eduardo Paixão, João Marreiros & Erella Hovers co-author this open access study on #UseWear traces in stone tools.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#LithicTechnology #Archaeology
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#LithicTechnology #Archaeology
🤖 Can #AI help #archaeologists identify how #stonetools were used?
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🤖 Can #AI help #archaeologists identify how #stonetools were used?
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
The methodology we developed during our project for lithic residue analysis with the use of paleoproteomics was just presented at the @awrana.bsky.social conference in Pisa by @halbevi.bsky.social Hoping it will be a useful tool for other #usewear and #residue specialists.
April 11, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The methodology we developed during our project for lithic residue analysis with the use of paleoproteomics was just presented at the @awrana.bsky.social conference in Pisa by @halbevi.bsky.social Hoping it will be a useful tool for other #usewear and #residue specialists.
Groundstone specialist Cristina Tsoraki's analysis indicates that the macehead has no signs of usewear and that it was probably buried not long after it was made (illustration by @kjkillackey.bsky.social)
August 23, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Groundstone specialist Cristina Tsoraki's analysis indicates that the macehead has no signs of usewear and that it was probably buried not long after it was made (illustration by @kjkillackey.bsky.social)