Compara mètodes

	Anàlisi de traces d'ús	Petrografia ceràmica
Camp	Arqueologia	Arqueologia
Família	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Any d'origen	1980	1976
Autor original	Lawrence Keeley	Peter Stimmung
Tipus	Tool function inference	Clay and temper sourcing
Font seminal	Keeley, L. H. (1980). Experimental Determination of Stone Tool Uses. University of Chicago Press.	Quinn, P. S. (2013). Ceramic Petrology: The Interpretation of Ceramic Artifacts in Archaeological Science. Archaeopress.
Àlies	microwear, tool use analysis	ceramic thin section analysis, pottery petrography
Relacionats	4	4
Resum	Use-wear analysis (also called microwear or tool-use analysis) is a method that infers the function of stone tools from microscopic wear patterns on their cutting edges and surfaces. Pioneered by Lawrence Keeley in the 1970s-1980s, this technique examines damage patterns, polishes, and edge rounding produced as tools contact different materials during use. By analyzing these wear patterns, archaeologists can determine whether a tool was used to cut plant material, meat, bone, hide, or wood—revealing detailed information about task specialization and subsistence practices in prehistoric societies.	Ceramic petrography analyzes pottery through microscopic examination of thin sections cut from pottery sherds. This method determines clay sources, identifies non-plastic inclusions (temper), and reconstructs pottery production technology. Pioneered by Peter Stimmung and others, ceramic petrography reveals whether pottery was made locally or imported, and whether specific production groups or workshops created vessels with distinctive raw material recipes.