Core Use-Life Distributions in Lithic Assemblages as a Means for Reconstructing Behavioral Patterns

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 254-288

  Douglass, Matthew J ^a   Lin, Sam C ^b,c   Braun, David R ^b,d,e   Plummer, Thomas W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Curation; Reduction; Stone artifacts; Survivorship; Use life

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019025836     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-017-9334-2     Document Type: Article

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