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Lower Palaeolithic Core Technology and the Origins of the Levallois Method in North‐Western Europe

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ID7740346
AuthorsMark White (0000-0003-4073-3519), Nick Ashton (0000-0001-9787-3892, British Museum, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume44
Issue4
Pages598-609
Publication date2003-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/377653
OpenAlexW441499829
LanguageEN
Citations received110
References cited27

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