Middle paleolithic skill level and the individual knapper: An experimentmiddle paleolithic skill level and the individual knapper: An experiment

American Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-251

  Eren, Metin I ^a   Bradley, Bruce A ^b   Sampson, Garth C ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958055474     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.76.2.229     Document Type: Article

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