Cave bears and paleolithic artifacts in Yarimburgaz Cave, Turkey: Dissecting a palimpsest

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-327

  Stiner, Mary C ^a   Arsebük, Güven ^b   Howell, F Clark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BONE; CAVE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; MORTALITY; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY; YARIMBURGAZ CAVE;

EID: 0000589814     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199607)11:4<279::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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