Reconsidering Raw Material Selection: Skeletal Technologies and Design for Durability in Subarctic Alaska

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 669-695

  Margaris, Amy V ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bone implements; Organization of technology; Raw material

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905716155     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9168-x     Document Type: Article

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