Bone and ivory points in the lower and middle paleolithic of Europe

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 69-112

  Villa, Paola ^a   D'errico, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bone and ivory; Lower and middle Paleolithic; Microscopy; Spear points; Taphonomy; Tools

Indexed keywords

BONE; IVORY; PALEOLITHIC; TAPHONOMY; TOOL USE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034895370     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2001.0479     Document Type: Article

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