The role of controlled experiments in understanding variation in flake production

Archaeological Variability and Interpretation in Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 291-305

  Rezek, Zeljko ^a   Lin, Sam ^b   Dibble, Harold L ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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