Mobility and lithic economy in the Terminal Pleistocene of central Honshu

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-293

  Katsuhiro, Sano ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifacial points; Foragers; Honshu; Japan; Lithic economy; Microblades; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HUNTER-GATHERER; MOBILITY; PLEISTOCENE;

HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 84859558239     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: 15358283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2010.0015     Document Type: Article

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