Were Olduvai Hominins making butchering tools or battering tools? Analysis of a recently excavated lithic assemblage from BK (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

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  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

• Publication date

  2009-09-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, History

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JAA.2009.03.001
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