Evaluating inputs to models of hominin raw material selection: Map resolution and path choices

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3955-3962

  Browne, Constance L ^a   Wilson, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Lithic raw material; Middle Palaeolithic; Neandertal; Procurement strategies; Resource selection; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HOMINID; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; SPATIAL DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

FRANCE;

EID: 84881226306     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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