Understanding prehistoric Lithic raw material selection: Application of a gravity model

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-411

  Wilson, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gravity models; Lithic procurement; Palaeolithic; Raw materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648992496     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-007-9042-4     Document Type: Article

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