The mathematics of chaînes opératoires

New Perspectives on Old Stones: Analytical Approaches to Paleolithic Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 183-206

  Brantingham, P Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84871427080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6861-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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