Their lips are sealed: Identifying hard stone, soft stone, and antler hammer direct percussion in Palaeolithic prismatic blade production

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-141

  Driscoll, Killian ^a,b   García Rojas, Maite ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blade technology; Chert; Experimental archaeology; Hard hammer; Knapper variability; Palaeolithic; Soft hammer

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHERT; PALEOLITHIC;

EID: 84899850168     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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