Although there is an extensive body of literature on headbands, there are few advanced studies on this subject. This paper wishes to lay the foundations for a new methodological approach for studying this type of ornament. We have observed microscopic use-wear traces with an optical camera, and these observations allow the lifetime of these objects from their manufacturing to their uses to be reconstructed. The traces of wear that have been detected on some Bronze Age headbands show that they had been worn, and the ultimate objective is to reconstruct the ways they were worn.