Blades and microliths: Changing contexts of tool production from Magdalenian to Early Mesolithic in southern Germany

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-238

  Fisher, Lynn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Artifact standardization; Blades; Magdalenian; Mesolithic; Microliths; Skill; Southern Germany; Technological change; Tool production; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646762138     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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