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Chu, Wei ORCID: 0000-0002-4595-388X and Hosfield, Robert ORCID: 0000-0001-6357-2805 (2020). Lithic artifact assemblage transport and microwear modification in a fluvial setting: A radio frequency identification tag experiment. Geoarchaeology, 35 (4). S. 591 - 609. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1520-6548

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Abstract

River processes are widely assumed to have impacted the integrity of lithic assemblages when artifacts are found in fluvial sediments, but the specifics of these influences remain largely unknown. We conducted a real-world experiment to determine how the initial stages of fluvial entrainment affected lithic artifact assemblages. We inserted replica artifacts with radio frequency identification tags into a gravel-bedded river in Wales (UK) for seven months and related their transport distances to their morphology and the recorded streamflow. In addition, nine artifacts were recovered at the end of the experiment and analyzed for microwear traces. In sum, our results show that in a gravel-bedded river with a mean discharge of 5.1 m(3)/s, artifact length and width were the main variables influencing artifact transport distances. The experiment also resulted in characteristic microwear traces developing on the artifacts over distances of 485 m or less. These results emphasize the multifaceted nature of alluvial site formation processes in a repeatable experiment and highlight new ways to identify the transport of replica Paleolithic material.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Chu, Wei UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-388X UNSPECIFIED Hosfield, Robert UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6357-2805 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-328605
DOI:	10.1002/gea.21788
Journal or Publication Title:	Geoarchaeology
Volume:	35
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 591 - 609
Date:	2020
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1520-6548
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language VIRTUAL VELOCITY; RIVERS; PATTERNS; ARCHIVES; TRACKING; PEBBLES; TRACER; SCALE; SITE Multiple languages Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32860