The chaîne opératoire approach in Middle Paleolithic Archaeology

Current Anthropology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-131

  Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a   Van Peer, Philip ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 61849133790     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592234     Document Type: Article

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