Cutmarks on Capsian human remains: Implications for Maghreb Holocene social organization and palaeoeconomy

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-169

  Haverkort, Caroline M ^a   Lubell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burial practice; Capsian; Cutmarks; Maghreb, human skeletons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007188833     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199905/06)9:3<147::AID-OA466>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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