Taphonomic and methodological perspectives of leporid hunting during the Upper Paleolithic of the western Mediterranean basin

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-302

  Hockett, Bryan ^a   Haws, Jonathan A ^b  

^a Elko Field Office Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hunting; Paleolithic; Portugal; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013194721     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019503030246     Document Type: Article

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