Raw material choices in Amudian versus Yabrudian lithic assemblages at Qesem Cave: A preliminary evaluation

Quaternary International

Volumn 398, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-69

  Wilson, Lucy ^a   Agam, Aviad ^b   Barkai, Ran ^b   Gopher, Avi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acheulo Yabrudian; Amudian; Lithic raw materials; Palaeolithic; Raw material economy; Yabrudian

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; FLINT; LANDSCAPE; MATERIAL CULTURE; PALEOLITHIC; TOOL USE;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; QESEM CAVE;

EID: 84924163329     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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