Early domesticated dogs of the near east

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 633-640

  Dayan, Tamar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dog; Domestication; Near East; Upper Palaeolithic; Wolf; Zoology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001335909     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1994.1062     Document Type: Article

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