A new chrono-cultural marker for the early Middle Stone Age in Ethiopia: The tranchet blow process on convergent tools from Gademotta and Kulkuletti sites

Quaternary International

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-52

  Douze, Katja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTING; INNOVATION; MESOLITHIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TOOL USE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84906792463     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.018     Document Type: Article

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