The design space of stone flaking: Implications for cognitive evolution

World Archaeology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 702-715

  Moore, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive evolution; Handaxe; Hominin cognition; Levallois method; Stone artifacts; Stone flaking

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; HOMINID; TOOL USE;

AFRICA;

HOMO SAPIENS; MYA;

EID: 84855657018     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2011.624778     Document Type: Article

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