Palaeolithic mollusc exploitation at Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy): Food and ornaments from the Aurignacian through Epigravettian

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 282, 1999, Pages 735-754

  Stiner, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurignacian; Balzi Rossi; Epigravettian; Gravettian; Grimaldi caves; Italy; Marine molluscs; Palaeolithic ornaments; Riparo Mochi; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000807713     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065492     Document Type: Article

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