On physical anthropological aspects of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Iberian Peninsula

Current Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 839-846

  Jackes, Mary ^a   Lubell, David ^a   Meiklejohn, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

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EID: 0005002111     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/204670     Document Type: Note

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