Chipped Stone Tool Industries of the Earlier Neolithic in Eastern Scotland

Scottish Archaeological Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-47

  Warren, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Lithic assemblage; primary technology; raw materials; secondary technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951771859     PISSN: 14715767     EISSN: 17552028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/saj.2006.28.1.27     Document Type: Article

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