Front, back and sides: Experimental replication and archaeological analysis of Hawaiian adzes and associated debitage

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 71-84

  Clarkson, Chris ^a   Shipton, Ceri ^a   Weisler, Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

adze; Hawai'i; lithics; Pacific; prehistory; replication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937112710     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5056     Document Type: Article

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