Apples and oranges again: Comment on 'Conceptual premises in experimental design and their bearing on the use of analogy: An example from experiments on cut marks'

World Archaeology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 466-479

  Pobiner, Briana L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cut marks; Experimental archaeology; FLK Zinj; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOSSIL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEAT;

FELIDAE;

EID: 55949129721     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240802451199     Document Type: Article

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