Building experimental use-wear analogues for Clovis biface functions

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-26

  Smallwood, Ashley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifacial tools; Clovis; Lithic technology; Paleoindian; Use wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924023873     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-013-0139-2     Document Type: Article

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