The reliability and validity of a lithic debitage typology: Implications for archaeological interpretation

American Antiquity

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 635-650

  Prentiss, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 0005666167     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694112     Document Type: Article

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