Quartzite and vein quartz as lithic raw materials reconsidered: A view from the Korean paleolithic

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-91

  Seong, Chuntaek ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lithic technology; Paleolithic; Quartzite

Indexed keywords

PALEOLITHIC; QUARTZITE;

EID: 2542464168     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2004.0016     Document Type: Article

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