Looking for sharp edges: Modes of flint recycling at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 361, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-87

  Parush, Yoni ^a   Assaf, Ella ^a   Slon, Viviane ^a   Gopher, Avi ^a   Barkai, Ran ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acheuleo yabrudian cultural complex; Lithic recycling; Lithic technology; Lower paleolithic; Qesem cave; Use wear

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FLINT; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MATERIAL CULTURE; PALEOLITHIC; TOOL USE;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; QESEM CAVE;

EID: 84923339849     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.057     Document Type: Article

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