TY - JOUR
T1 - The reality of reduction experiments and the GIUR
T2 - reply to Eren and Sampson
AU - Hiscock, Peter
AU - Clarkson, Chris
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Experimental archaeology
KW - GIUR
KW - Geometric Index of Unifacial Reduction
KW - Lithics
KW - Unifacial retouch
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67349276386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jas.2009.03.019
DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2009.03.019
M3 - Article
SN - 0305-4403
VL - 36
SP - 1576
EP - 1581
JO - Journal of Archaeological Science
JF - Journal of Archaeological Science
IS - 7
ER -