Refuting the technological cornerstone of the Ice-Age Atlantic crossing hypothesis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2934-2941

  Eren, Metin I ^a,b   Patten, Robert J ^c   O'Brien, Michael J ^d   Meltzer, David J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c Stone Dagger Publications   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biface thinning; Clovis; Efficiency; Evolutionary convergence; Experimental archaeology; Overshot flaking; Paleoindian; Paleolithic; Peopling of North America; Pre Clovis; Solutrean

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOLITHIC; TECHNOLOGY; TOOL USE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84876423260     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.02.031     Document Type: Article

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