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Flaking properties, petrology and use of Polish flint

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marian Domański  and
John A. Webb
Marian Domański
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria 3083, Australia
John A. Webb
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria 3083, Australia
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The technical and aesthetic qualities of the many varieties of Polish flint utilized from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age are analysed and assessed, and show how different flints were selected for different purposes.

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 286 , December 2000 , pp. 822 - 832
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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