The first Acheulian quarry in India: Stone tool manufacture, biface morphology, and behaviors

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-70

  Petraglia, Michael ^a   LaPorta, Philip ^b   Paddayya, K ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

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EID: 0006076164     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.55.1.3630977     Document Type: Article

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