Quina Procurement and Tool Production

Lithic Materials and Paleolithic Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 232-246

  Hiscock, Peter ^a   Turq, Alain ^b   Faivre, Jean Philippe ^c   Bourguignon, Laurence ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Musèe National de Prèhistoire des Eyzies   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d INRAP Direction interrégionale Grand Sud Ouest   (France)

Author keywords

Flake production; Interpretations of Mousterian assemblages; Patterns of Mousterian rock procurement and transport; Quina core reduction; Quina Mousterian lithic variability; Quina procurement and tool production

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS;

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY; INTERPRETATIONS OF MOUSTERIAN ASSEMBLAGES; MATERIAL TRANSFERS; PARTICULAR SOLUTION; PATTERNS OF MOUSTERIAN ROCK PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPORT; QUINA MOUSTERIAN LITHIC VARIABILITY; TOOL PRODUCTION;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 79958723101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444311976.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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