Distance and decay: An uneasy relationship

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 279, 1999, Pages 24-32

  Close, Angela E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; El Gebal el Beid; El Adam; Lithics; Nabta playa; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002934407     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00087810     Document Type: Article

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