‘The Oldest British Industry’: Continuity and obsolescence in a flintknapper's sample set

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 288, 2001, Pages 382-390

  Whittaker, John C ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brandon; flintknapping; heritage; obsolescence; romanticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041405804     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 17451531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061032     Document Type: Article

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