Book review: Fractures in Knapping

The book 'Fractures in Knapping' by Are Tsirk (2014) is apropos at a time when ‘shape matching’ to typological holotypes is de rigueur. Thus, a book that outlines the fractographic and fracture mechanic principles behind chaîne opératoire and technological analysis is important because und...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paul Richard Preston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Lithic Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1392