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Aurignacian lithic economy: ecological perspectives from southwestern France.(Review)
Antiquity, September, 2001 by REYNOLDS, TIM
BROOKE S. BLADES. Aurignacian lithic economy: ecological perspectives from southwestern France. xviii+208 pages, 74 figures, 45 tables. 2001. New York (NY): Kluwer Academic/ Plenum; 0-306-46334-2 hardback $57.50.
This book examines the Aurignacian use of landscapes through a study of lithic economy from three cave sites in the Lower Vezere Valley, southwestern France. Lithic economy is defined in terms of raw material use, using the concepts of `chaine operatoire' and reduction intensity but also an ecological theoretical base. The three sites chosen will be familiar to many: Le ...
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