Limpet shells as unmodified tools in Pleistocene Southeast Asia: An experimental approach to assessing fracture and modification

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-76

  Szabó, Katherine ^a   Koppel, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Limpet shells; Pleistocene; Scutellastra flexuosa; Shell tools; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; PLEISTOCENE; SHELL; SUBSISTENCE; TOOL USE; WEAR;

INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

PATELLIDAE; SCUTELLASTRA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 84917710700     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.11.022     Document Type: Article

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