Evaluating morphological variability in lithic assemblages using 3D models of stone artifacts

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3741-3749

  Bretzke, Knut ^a   Conard, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Levant; Lithic technology; Quantitative methods; Upper Paleolithic; Yabroud

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; PALEOLITHIC; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84865044023     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.039     Document Type: Article

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