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The MNK Chert factory site, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

D. N. Stiles Department of Anthropology and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley; U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
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R. L. Hay Department of Anthropology and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley; U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
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J. R. O'Neil Department of Anthropology and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley; U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
Pages 285-308 | Published online: 15 Jul 2010

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