Tool-using strategies by early hominids at Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 807-831

  Kimura, Yuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF JAPANESE HISTORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core tool production; Flake tool production; Oldowan technology; Raw material selection; Stone cache strategy; The MNK chert factory site

Indexed keywords

TOOL USE;

OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033369278     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0316     Document Type: Article

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