Reduction, Recycling, and Raw Material Procurement in Western Arnhem Land, Australia

Lithic Materials and Paleolithic Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 78-93

  Hiscock, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar reduction to generate flakes; Emphasizing extended bipolar reduction of stone; Fabricators specimens subjected to bipolar retouch; New depictions of assemblage variation; Raw material availability, forager land use, and assemblage reduction; Reduction, recycling and raw material procurement; Traditional depictions of assemblage variation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LAND USE; RECYCLING;

BIPOLAR REDUCTION TO GENERATE FLAKES; EMPHASIZING EXTENDED BIPOLAR REDUCTION OF STONE; FABRICATORS - SPECIMENS SUBJECTED TO BIPOLAR RETOUCH; MATERIAL AVAILABILITY; MATERIAL PROCUREMENT; NEW DEPICTIONS OF ASSEMBLAGE VARIATION; TRADITIONAL DEPICTIONS OF ASSEMBLAGE VARIATION;

RAW MATERIALS;

EID: 84957961312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444311976.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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