Nabta Playa and Its Role in Northeastern African Prehistory

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-123

  Wendorf, Fred ^a   Schild, Romuald ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 0002358107     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaar.1998.0319     Document Type: Article

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