Quantifying endscraper reduction in the context of obsidian exchange among early pastoralists in Southwestern Kenya

Lithic Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-19

  Goldstein, Steven T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Curation; Mobility; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893707509     PISSN: 01977261     EISSN: 20516185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0197726113Z.00000000029     Document Type: Article

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