Playing with flint: Tracing a child's imitation of adult work in a lithic assemblage

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-131

  Högberg, Anders ^a  

^a Box 406 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child archaeology; Lithic technology; Play; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249110426     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-007-9050-4     Document Type: Article

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