Quartz and silcrete raw material use and selection in late Holocene assemblages from semi-arid Australia

Quaternary International

Volumn 424, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-23

  Douglass, Matthew J ^a   Holdaway, Simon J ^b,c,e   Shiner, Justin ^d   Fanning, Patricia C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortex; Mobility; Quartz; Utility

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; QUARTZ; SELECTION; SEMIARID REGION; SILCRETE; TOOL USE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84941236920     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.041     Document Type: Article

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