Initial Upper Palaeolithic in south-central Turkey and its regional context: A preliminary report

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 281, 1999, Pages 505-517

  Kuhn, Steven L ^a   Stiner, Mary C ^a   Güleç, Erksin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Kanal; Tool assemblage; Upper Palaeolithic; a izli

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000816166     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065066     Document Type: Article

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