New Clues to Stone Tool Function: Plant and Animal Residues
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 41 (4) , 478-484
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279013
Abstract
Microscopic identification and chemical reagents are used to identify organic use residues on stone tools. A basic distinction is made between plant and animal ...Keywords
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