Archaeological predictions for hominid land use in the paleo-Olduvai Basin, Tanzania, during lowermost Bed II times

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 565-608

  Blumenschine, Robert J ^a   Peters, Charles R ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOMINID; LAND USE; OLDOWAN STONE ARTEFACT;

TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO HABILIS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032100208     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0216     Document Type: Article

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