Integration of use-wear with protein residue analysis – a study of tool use and function in the south Scandinavian Early Neolithic

• This study presents research on how an integration of use-wear analysis with protein residue analysiscan produce new results on prehistoric tool use and function. Thirty flint artefacts from an Early NeolithicTRB site in south Sweden were analysed for both use-wear and protein residues. The results showa positive correlation between the two methods. The Early Neolithic tools analysed were primarily usedto process fish.

Keyword

Use-wear

Protein residue

Method

South Sweden

TRB flint assemblages

Arkeologi

Archaeology

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)