Trapeze shaped flint tips as proxy data for occupation during the Late Mesolithic and the Early to Middle Neolithic in the northern part of the Netherlands

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-247

  Niekus, Marcel J L Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early and Middle Neolithic; Late Mesolithic; Northern Netherlands; Proxy data; Swifterbant culture; Transverse points; Trapezes; TRB; Typological development

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CULTURE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; OCCUPATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57849167008     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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