Emergence and development of the pressure microblade production: A view from the upper paleolithic of Northern Japan

The Emergence of Pressure Blade Making: From Origin to Modern Experimentation

Volumn 9781461420033, Issue , 2012, Pages 285-306

  Takakura, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84899113976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2003-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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