Missing the boat in lithic procurement: Watercraft and the bulk procurement of tool-stone on the Maritime Peninsula

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-46

  Blair, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk procurement; Canoes; Lithics; Mobility; Northeastern North America; Technological organization; Transportation; Watercraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249114147     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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