Microblade technology in Korea and adjacent Northeast Asia

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 244-278

  Seong, Chuntaek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Korea; Microblade core; Microblade technology; Northeast Asia; Reduction sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039032757     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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