方法对比

	热释光测年	使用磨损分析
领域	考古学	考古学
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	1960s	1980
提出者	Michael Aitken	Lawrence Keeley
类型	Luminescence dating technique	Tool function inference
开创性文献	Aitken, M. J. (1985). Thermoluminescence Dating. Academic Press.	Keeley, L. H. (1980). Experimental Determination of Stone Tool Uses. University of Chicago Press.
别名	TL dating, thermoluminescence chronometry	microwear, tool use analysis
相关	4	4
摘要	Thermoluminescence (TL) dating is a chronometric technique that determines the age of pottery, ceramics, and sediments by measuring light emitted when heated to high temperatures. Pioneered by Michael Aitken in the 1960s, it quantifies the accumulated radiation dose stored in mineral crystal lattices. The method revolutionized archaeological dating by enabling scientists to date ceramic vessels and fired clay objects directly, providing absolute chronologies for human occupation sites worldwide.	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.