Ref ID:	22544
Ref Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Pawlik, Alfred F.
Title:	Detecting traits of modern behavior through microwear analysis: a case study from the Philippine terminal Pleistocene
Date:	2015
Source:	Emergence and diversity of modern human behavior in paleolithic Asia
Place of Publication:	College Station, Texas
Publisher:	Texas A&M University Press
Abstract:	Behavioral modernity has been a neglected topic in the prehistory of Southeast Asia. Such evidence remains largely undocumented in the Paleolithic archaeological records of the region. Here, I report on the technological and microwear analysis of stone artifacts from the termical Pleistocene contexts at the Ille Cave, Palawan Island. The results show that unretouched and morphologically less formalized lithic artifacts, often considered merely expedient tools, could have served as hafted armatures of multicomponent tools. Microtraces of wear suggested that these tools were used for various activities, some of which are considered modern behaviors. For the ongoing discussion on the development and expansion of modern behavior, methods such as microwear analysis can exceed the limitations of traditional technological and morphological analysis of lithic assemblages.
Date Created:	5/11/2015
Editors:	Yousuke Kaifu, Masami Izuho, Goebel, Ted Hiroyuki Sato, Akira Ono
Page Start:	182
Page End:	198