Upper Paleolithic Toolstone Procurement and Selection Across Beringia

Lithic Materials and Paleolithic Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 54-77

  Graf, Kelly E ^a   Goebel, Ted ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry creek toolstone procurement; Formal versus informal tool production; Non microblade complex and microblade complex; Presence of cortex and debitage size; Production of microblades; Raw material procurement and selection; Sites dry creek and ushki 5; Upper paleolithic toolstone procurement and selection

Indexed keywords

HISTORY;

MATERIAL PROCUREMENT; NON-MICROBLADE COMPLEX AND MICROBLADE COMPLEX; PRESENCE OF CORTEX AND DEBITAGE SIZE; SITES - DRY CREEK AND USHKI-5; TOOL PRODUCTION; UPPER PALEOLITHIC TOOLSTONE PROCUREMENT AND SELECTION;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 80052398673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444311976.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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