Ground Stone Use-Wear Digital Reference Materials
Images of experimentally generated use-wear: wild grass seed processing on a variety of basalt and sandstone mortars and grinding slabs
This collection of photomicrographs and photographs is posted on tDAR to facilitate data sharing and comparisons between different experimental use-wear programs. The images can also function as a teaching aid, or as a supplemental resource for use-wear analysis of ground stone. Images were created as part of the following project: Formal models of Traditional Milling Tool Design, NSF award 1452079, Tammy Buonasera, PI, University of Arizona. This resource was posted online largely through the efforts of Kayla Worthy (University of Arizona). Natasha Rapp (University of Arizona) helped to record use-wear.
Please use appropriate citations when using these images.
Other Keywords
Groundstone •
Experimental Archaeology •
Use Wear Analysis •
Ground Stone •
Ground-stone •
Use-wear
Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
Material Types
Ground Stone