How to interpret informal flakes assemblages? Integrating morphological description, usewear and morphometric analysis gave better understanding of the behaviors of anatomically modern human from song terus (Indonesia)

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 630-646

  Borel, Antony ^a,b   Gaillard, Claire ^a   Moncel, Marie Hélène ^a   Sala, Robert ^c   Pouydebat, Emmanuelle ^a   Simanjuntak, Truman ^d   Sémah, François ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^d National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Elliptical Fourier Analysis; Form; Function; Indonesia; Morphometry; Plant; Song Terus; Southeast Asia; Stone flake; Usewear

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888292444     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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