The Lepenski Vir cunundrum: Reinterpretation of the Mesolithic and Neolithic sequences in the Danube Gorges

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 294, 2002, Pages 1026-1039

  Borić, Dušan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMS dates; Danube Gorges; Lepenski Vir; Mesolithic; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0036930995     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00091833     Document Type: Article

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