The reality of reduction experiments and the GIUR: reply to Eren and Sampson |
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Authors: | Peter Hiscock Chris Clarkson |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia;2. School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia |
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Abstract: | There is no ambiguity in the existing empirical support for a GIUR as a robust predictor of mass lost from flakes through unifacial retouching. We demonstrate why the GIUR is a reliable method for inferring mass loss, in appropriate circumstances, and why it is a more powerful predictor of mass loss than touted competitors. We explain why Eren, M.I., Sampson's, G. [2009. Kuhn's geometric index of unifacial stone tool reduction (GIUR): does it measure missing flake mass? J. Archaeol. Sci.] arguments are faulty and why researchers should use the GIUR in preference to other methods of estimating the extent of unifacial retouch. |
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Keywords: | Experimental archaeology Lithics Unifacial retouch GIUR Geometric Index of Unifacial Reduction |
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