Lower Palaeolithic core technology and the origins of the Levallois method in North-Western Europe

Current Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 598-608

  White, Mark ^a   Ashton, Nick ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 43249203520     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377653     Document Type: Article

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