Experimental protocols for the study of battered stone anvils from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 313-332

  de la Torre, Ignacio ^a   Benito Calvo, Alfonso ^b   Arroyo, Adrian ^a   Zupancich, Andrea ^a   Proffitt, Tomos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Battered tools; Early Stone Age; GIS; Lithic use wear; Olduvai; Stone anvils

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; GIS; HUNTER-GATHERER; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; PRIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STONE AGE; TOOL USE;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84867910797     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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