Mousterian hunting patterns in the Northwestern Caucasus and the ecology of the Neanderthals

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 368-378

  Hoffecker, John F ^a   Cleghorn, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Hominid palaeoecology; Neanderthals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039257677     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1212(200009/10)10:5<368::AID-OA555>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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