Weaving simple solutions to complex problems: An experimental study of skill in bipolar cobble-splitting

Lithic Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 349-365

  Duke, Hilary ^a   Pargeter, Justin ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bipolar technology; Cobble splitting; Experimental archaeology; Skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957866899     PISSN: 01977261     EISSN: 20516185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2051618515Y.0000000016     Document Type: Article

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