Edge damage distribution at the assemblage level on Middle Stone Age lithics: an image-based GIS approach

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 771-780

  Bird, Catherine ^a   Minichillo, Tom ^b   Marean, Curtis W ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge damage; GIS; Image Analysis; Lithics; Middle Stone Age; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; DAMAGE; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MESOLITHIC; TAPHONOMY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845672668     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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