An experimental study of hafting adhesives and the implications for compound tool technology.

ABSTRACT: Experimental studies of hafting adhesives and modifications to compound tool components can demonstrate the extent to which human ancestors understood and exploited material properties only formally defined by science within the last century. Discoveries of Stone Age hafting adhesives at archaeological sites in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa have spurred experiments that sought to replicate or create models of such adhesives. Most of these studies, however, have been actualistic in design, focusing on replicating ancient applications of adhesive technology. In contrast, this study tested several glues based on Acacia resin within a materials science framework to better understand the effect of each adhesive ingredient on compound tool durability. Using an overlap joint as a model for

SUBMITTER: Zipkin AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4226580 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature