The formation of lithic assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 334-352

  Barton, C Michael ^a   Riel Salvatore, Julien ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Formation processes; Lithics; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PREHISTORIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EID: 84899094708     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.03.031     Document Type: Article

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