A method for taxonomic typology construction and an example: Utilized flakes

American Antiquity

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 663-684

  Read, Dwight W ^a   Russell, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 2342590014     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/282010     Document Type: Article

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