A pilot study of "black chert" sourcing and implications for assessing hunter-gatherer mobility strategies in Northern England

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2161-2169

  Evans, Adrian A ^a   Wolframm, Yvonne B ^a   Donahue, Randolph E ^a   Lovis, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chert; Geochemistry; Hunter gatherers; ICP AES; ICP MS; LA ICP MS; Mesolithic; Northern England; Sourcing

Indexed keywords

CHERT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUNTER-GATHERER; LIMESTONE; MESOLITHIC;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35448945582     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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