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Measuring artefact reduction: an examination of Kuhn's Geometric Index of Reduction

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dc.contributor.authorHiscock, Peter
dc.contributor.authorClarkson, Chris
dc.contributor.editorClarkson, C.en_US
dc.contributor.editorLamb, L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-11-17en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-03-27T02:13:33Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T08:31:04Z
dc.date.available2006-03-27T02:13:33Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T08:31:04Z
dc.date.created2005en_US
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T10:47:17Z
dc.description.abstractA growing number of techniques have been proposed in recent years to quantify how much retouch has been applied to flakes. This paper reviews the most prominent of these, and evaluates one in particular – Kuhn’s (1990) Geometric Index of Unifacial Reduction. This involves a simple experiment designed to explore the performance of the index over a sequence of retouching events for a population of thirty flakes. The results indicate that the index performs admirably in relation to absolute measures of reduction under experimental conditions, and does so especially well in comparison to a number of common alternative techniques.
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dc.identifier.isbn1841718513
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/43164en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/43164
dc.language.isoen_AUen_US
dc.publisherOxford:Archaeopress
dc.relation.ispartofLithics 'Down Under': Australian perspectives on Lithic reduction, use and classification
dc.relation.isversionof1st Edition
dc.subjectKuhn's Geometric Index
dc.subjectmeasuring artefact reduction
dc.titleMeasuring artefact reduction: an examination of Kuhn's Geometric Index of Reduction
dc.typeBook chapter
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage19
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationOxford, UK
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage7
local.contributor.affiliationHiscock, Peter, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationClarkson, Christoper J, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidHiscock, Peter, u9701386
local.contributor.authoruidClarkson, Christoper J, u9708417
local.description.notesBritish Archaeological Reports International Monograph Seriesen_US
local.description.refereedyesen_US
local.identifier.absfor210102 - Archaeological Science
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub9589
local.identifier.citationpages7-19en_US
local.identifier.citationpublicationLithics 'Down Under': Recent Australian Approaches to Lithic Reduction, Use and Classification.en_US
local.identifier.citationyear2005en_US
local.identifier.eprintid3197en_US
local.rights.ispublishedyesen_US
local.title.chapter2en_US
local.type.statusPublished Version

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