Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (04): 547-567.doi: 10.16359/j.1000-3193/AAS.2021.0046
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Ignacio de la TORRE1(), Rafael MORA2, PEI Shuwen3,4(), MA Dongdong3,4,5
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2021-08-15
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Ignacio de la TORRE, Rafael MORA, PEI Shuwen, MA Dongdong. A methodological protocol for the analysis of Early Stone Age lithic assemblages[J]. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2021, 40(04): 547-567.
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