Lithic Modes A-I: A New Framework for Describing Global-Scale Variation in Stone Tool Technology Illustrated with Evidence from the East Mediterranean Levant

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-186

  Shea, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Levant; Lithic Technology; Modes; Prehistory; Stone Tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873524950     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9128-5     Document Type: Article

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