Bifacial cores and flake production efficiency: An experimental test of technological assumptions

American Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 334-348

  Prasciunas, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 34249791170     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035817     Document Type: Article

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