Differential raw material use in the Middle Pleistocene of Spain: Evidence from Sierra de Atapuerca, Torralba, Ambrona and Aridos

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-28

  Martínez, Marina Mosquera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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EID: 0003159694     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959774300001281     Document Type: Review

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