River patina on flint artifacts: Features and genesis

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 44, Issue 169, 1999, Pages 293-295

  Howard, Calvin D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Dissolution; Luster; Patina; Silica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005692095     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1999.11931922     Document Type: Article

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