Use of SEM-EDS

Principal investigator

Veerle ROTS

Funding

Fonds de la Recherche scientifique - FNRS

Years

2016-2018

Summary

While functional studies traditionally focus on wear traces and/or residues to obtain unique data on prehistoric subsistence and technology, the project aims to obtain higher-resolution data by integrating SEM-EDS within the current analytical trajectory in order to grasp changing human behaviours, in particular with regard to resource exploitation, hafting techniques and adhesives in relation to tool morphology and assemblage variability.

Further reading

• Hayes E., Cnuts D. & Rots V., 2019 – Integrating SEM-EDS in a sequential residue analysis protocol: benefits and challenges. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23: 116-126
• Hayes E. & Rots V., 2019 – Documenting scarce and fragmented residues on stone tools: an experimental approach using optical microscopy and SEM-EDS. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11: 3065-3099.