Clovis bipolar lithic reduction at Paleo crossing, Ohio: A reinterpretation based on the examination of experimental replications

Clovis: On the Edge of a New Understanding

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 121-143

  Morgan, Brooke M ^a   Eren, Metin I ^b,c   Khreisheh, Nada ^d   Hill, Genevieve ^d   Bradley, Bruce A ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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