Obsidians from the Sinbuk archaeological site in Korea - Evidences for strait crossing and long-distance exchange of raw material in Paleolithic Age

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 458-466

  Lee, GiKil ^a   Kim, JongChan ^b  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea Japan; Koshidake Hariojima; LA ICP MS; Obsidian; Paektusan; Provenance; Sinbuk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937848157     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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