The handaxes of Revadim Quarry: Typo-technological considerations and aspects of intra-site variability

Axe Age: Acheulian Tool-making from Quarry to Discard

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 223-242

  Marder, Ofer ^a   Milevski, Ianir ^a   Matskevich, Zinovi ^b  

^a ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85045664929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003579595-13     Document Type: Chapter

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