Flakes Crossing the Straits? Entame Flakes and Northern Africa-Iberia Contact During the Acheulean

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-140

  Sharon, Gonen ^a,b  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acheulean bifaces; Acheulean core technology; Algeria; Entame blanks; Entame core method; Iberia; Large flakes; North Africa; Ternifine

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957924858     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-011-9087-3     Document Type: Article

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