Reduction strategies and geochemical characterization of lithic assemblages: A comparison of three case studies from Western North America

American Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 585-597

  Eerkens, Jelmer W ^a   Ferguson, Jeffrey R ^b   Glascock, Michael D ^c   Skinner, Craig E ^d   Waechter, Sharon A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Laboratory   (United States)

^e Far Western Anthropological Research Group   (United States)

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EID: 34548102712     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035862     Document Type: Article

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