Middle Palaeolithic scraper morphology, flaking mechanics and imposed form: Revisiting Bisson's 'interview with a Neanderthal'

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-350

  Monnier, Gilliane F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 51249142320     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774307000406     Document Type: Review

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