Experimental replication of Australian grinding stone implements

Until recently in Australia, lithic tool-use experiments
were dominated by flaked stone with relatively few
studies of ground-stone. This poster reports on a
workshop, during which tool-use experiments were
designed to document the wear traces associated with
grinding various materials (n=7), different processing
techniques (n=3), and sandstones of different
hardness (n=5). The specific variables were selected to
build a use-wear and residue reference library
applicable to Australian archaeological grinding
implements proposed for detailed functional analysis.