On the nature of transitions: The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic and the Neolithic revolution

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-163

  Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a  

^a Peabody Essex Museum   (United States)

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EID: 0001584174     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959774300001815     Document Type: Article

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