[Bonetools] hairpin usewear?

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Beth,
     I am sure that Sandra Olsen dealt with this subject many years ago but
whether she looked at use wear traces back then for her dissertation I do
not remember. I do know she has commented that hairpins tend to have a
round cross-section by the active end for obvious reasons. I am also
curious if anyone has looked at the sear from human hair at high
magnifications.

Alice

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Elisabeth Ann Stone <
elisabethastone at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi everyone,
>
> I'm working on a collection of tools from a pithouse in New Mexico and
> looking at some things commonly identified as hairpins.  I don't have any
> comparative standards for usewear from use in human hair and I'd like to
> see whether that really is the best interpretation.  But it would be
> helpful to have an idea of whether there is anything distinctive about that
> kind of wear.  Does anyone else have any or suggestions on where to look?
> (Maybe a new hairstyle is in my future!)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Beth
>
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