Psychological components of middle paleolithic technology: The proceduralization of lithic core reduction

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-431

  Alexandra Sumner, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cha ne op ratoire; Cognition; Levallois technology; Lithic analysis; Proceduralization; Sequential data; Sequential lithic information analysis; Technological behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960964914     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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