Levallois economics: an examination of 'waste' production in experimentally produced Levallois reduction sequences

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2384-2392

  Lycett, Stephen J ^a   Eren, Metin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core reduction; Economy of reduction; Experiment; Levallois; Waste

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 84874404354     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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