Olli Eranti’s scientific contributions

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Combining Residue and Macroscopic Use-wear Analysis of Quartz Objects in Kraakanmäki 3 Late Neolithic Settlement Site, Western Finland
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October 2023

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Fennoscandia Archaeologica

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Tytti Juhola

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Olli Eranti

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Microscopic remains of plants, hairs, blood, bone, and sinew have been detected on Stone Age implements as evidence of the ways the tools were used. Together with use-wear analysis, microresidues enable us to obtain additional information of artefact biographies. However, the preservation of residues is not a straightforward issue. Although bones, plant matter, and wood have a tendency to decompose rapidly in acidic podzol soils, the acidity favours the preservation of keratinous tissues such as hairs and feathers. Because the analysis of microresidues has not been applied on Finnish quartz artefacts, this paper presents a preliminary testing of the method in a Late Stone Age settlement site in Kraakanmäki 3, western Finland. As a result, we found microscopic remains of hairs, feathers, and plants, which enable us to speak for the careful handling of quartz and stone tools at the excavations for further analyses.

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... The search for microparticles in soil samples (Äyräpää 1931;Ahola et al. 2018;Kirkinen et al. 2022) and on the surfaces of quartz artefacts (Kirkinen et al. 2023, this volume) have provided evidence that less than 1-mm-long remains of soft organic materials such as hairs, plant fibres and feathers can be preserved in Stone Age contexts in Finland. The preservation of fibres varies from site to site from the total lack of microparticles to still identifiable hairs. ...

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Two Microparticle Analyses of Stone Age Quartz Tools in Finland
Combining Residue and Macroscopic Use-wear Analysis of Quartz Objects in Kraakanmäki 3 Late Neolithic Settlement Site, Western Finland

Fennoscandia Archaeologica