Microlith to macrolith: The reasons behind the transformation of production in the Irish Mesolithic

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 303, 2005, Pages 19-33

  Costa, Laurent J ^a   Sternke, Farina ^b   Woodman, Peter C ^b  

^a MAE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Lithics; Mesolithic; Social organisation

Indexed keywords

LITHIC FRAGMENT; MESOLITHIC; TOOL USE;

EID: 17044409094     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00113675     Document Type: Article

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