Small things in perspective: the contribution of our blind tests to micro-residue studies on archaeological stone tools

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1001-1010

  Wadley, Lyn ^a   Lombard, Marlize ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal residues; Archaeological stone tools; Contamination; Plant residues; Residues; Soil samples

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; METHODOLOGY; PLANT RESIDUE; TESTING METHOD; TOOL USE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847382004     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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