Lithic, microwear, standardization,surface metrology, confocal microscopy, focus variation microscop (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only W. James Stemp. Danielle A. Macdonald.

This is an abstract from the "Defining and Measuring Diversity in Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Over the past decade, lithic microwear analysis has witnessed a shift in how data is collected, moving away from optical microscopy towards a more quantifiable practice. The adoption of surface metrology microscopes, including confocal and focus variation, allows for the measurement of surface roughness or texture, thus distinguishing...