On Quina and demi-Quina scraper handling: Preliminary results from the late Lower Paleolithic site of Qesem Cave, Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 398, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-102

  Zupancich, Andrea ^a   Lemorini, Cristina ^b   Gopher, Avi ^a   Barkai, Ran ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Middle Pleistocene; Prehension; Qesem Cave; Stone tool; Tool manipulation; Use wear

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TOOL USE;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; QESEM CAVE;

ANTIRHEA;

EID: 84947969433     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.101     Document Type: Article

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