An experimental study of hafting adhesives and theimplications for compound tool technology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Andrew, M Zipkin ^a   Mark, Wagner ^b   Kate, McGrath ^a   Alison, S Brooks ^a,c   Peter, W ^a,d  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The George Washington University   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; GLUE; MINERAL; PLANT RESIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84911920149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112560     Document Type: Article

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