The role of edge angle maintenance in explaining technological variation in the production of Late Middle Paleolithic bifacial and unifacial tools

Quaternary International

Volumn 350, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-115

  Iovita, Radu ^a  

^a Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for the Evolution of Hominin Behaviour   (Germany)

Author keywords

Keilmessergruppen; Mousterian of Acheulian Tradition; Neandertal behavior; Quina Mousterian; Regionality; Technical repertoire

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOOL USE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

ANTIRHEA;

EID: 85027958147     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.08.032     Document Type: Article

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