Testing Retouched Flake Tool Standardization During the Middle Paleolithic: Patterns and Implications

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 57-83

  Monnier, Gilliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Projectile Point; Stone Tool; Test Implication; Tool Type; World Archaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118680781     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24661-4_4     Document Type: Chapter

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