An integrated method for understanding the function of macro-lithic tools. Use wear, 3D and spatial analyses of an Early Upper Palaeolithic assemblage from North Eastern Italy

• Isabella Caricola,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Diet and Ancient Technology Laboratory (DANTE), Sapienza University, Rome, Lazio, Italy

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• Andrea Zupancich,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Diet and Ancient Technology Laboratory (DANTE), Sapienza University, Rome, Lazio, Italy

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• Daniele Moscone,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Classics, Sapienza University, Rome, Lazio, Italy

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• Giuseppina Mutri,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Diet and Ancient Technology Laboratory (DANTE), Sapienza University, Rome, Lazio, Italy

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• Armando Falcucci,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3255-1005

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• Rossella Duches,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation MUSE, Science Museum, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

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• Marco Peresani ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: emanuela.cristiani@uniroma1.it (EC); psm@unife.it (MP)

  Affiliation Department of Humanities, Ferrara University, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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• Emanuela Cristiani

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: emanuela.cristiani@uniroma1.it (EC); psm@unife.it (MP)

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Diet and Ancient Technology Laboratory (DANTE), Sapienza University, Rome, Lazio, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2748-9171

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