Ostrich distribution and exploitation in the Arabian peninsula

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 287, 2001, Pages 182-190

  Potts, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabian peninsula; Ostrich egg

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIRD; EXPLOITATION; RESOURCE USE;

ARABIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0034763182     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00052881     Document Type: Article

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