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Abstract
This paper presents a review related to using microwear analysis to identify hafting process in archaeological contexts and also presents actualistic and archaeological information of hafting traces. In this way, the case of mid-Holocene (7500–3000 BP ca. years) end-scrapers from Maripe Cave site (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina) provides abundant evidence to identify this kind of traces that are often difficult to recognize. In this research, we also study the relationship between use mode and tool shapes that can be used to interpret how hafted tools were used in the past.
Acknowledgments
We are very grateful to Laura Miotti, Rocío Blanco, who suggested valuable comments to improve the manuscript. It is important to mention that the proper or improper assumption in this paper is our own exclusive responsibility. This paper has been partially granted by UNLP (PI N/550) and ANPCyT (PICT 1552).
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Virginia Lynch
Correspondence to: Virginia Lynch, CONICET, División Arqueología del Museo de La Plata, Argentina. Email: [email protected]