![]() ![]() In his research on Lower Paleolithic assemblages and collaborations with numerous colleagues and students, Keeley engaged in cutting-edge research that combined rigorous experimental replication, refitting, residue analyses, and microscopic examination of ancient artifacts. Keeley's contributions are outlined, and a few highlights of his distinguished career are summarized here. ![]() ![]() Beginning with his first student, Patricia Anderson, his Lithic Analysis Workshop in 1980, and until his death, Keeley's influence on microwear analysis extended to the far corners of the world. When the results of his “blind test” with Mark Newcomer were published, even skeptical researchers realized that it was possible to determine the function of ancient stone implements from microscopic examination of use wear traces. Keeley refined the high powered technique for microwear analysis. While a doctoral student at Oxford University in the early 1970s, Lawrence H. ![]()
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