Core refitting and the accuracy of aggregate lithic analysis techniques: The case of 3rd Unnamed Cave, Tennessee

Southeastern Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-121

  Franklin, Jay D ^a   Simek, Jan F ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHERT; LITHIC FRAGMENT; SURROGATE METHOD;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49349087129     PISSN: 0734578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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