A biface and blade core efficiency experiment: Implications for Early Paleoindian technological organization

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2155-2164

  Jennings, Thomas A ^a   Pevny, Charlotte D ^a   Dickens, William A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biface; Blade; Clovis; Core reduction; Early Paleoindian; Experimental archaeology; Folsom; Lithic technology; Transport efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUNTER-GATHERER; LITHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TOOL USE;

EID: 77954244971     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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