Is the macroscopic classification of flint useful? A petroarchaeological analysis and characterization of flint raw materials from the Iberian neolithic mine of Casa Montero

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-196

  Bustillo, M A ^a   Castaneda N ^a   Capote, M ^a   Consuegra, S ^a   Criado, C ^a   Diaz del rio P ^b   Orozco, T ^a   Perez jimenez J L ^a   Terradas, X ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Casamontero; Flint mine; Iberia; Macroscopic description; Neolithic; Petrology; Siliceous raw materials

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FLINT; MINE; NEOLITHIC; PETROLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 62249179317     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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