Settlement pattern and the spatial organization of subsistence and mortuary practices in the mesolithic ganges valley, north-central India

World Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 461-476

  Chattopadhyaya, Umesh C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cemetery; Faunal remains; Ganges valley; India; Mesolithic; Settlement pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039432502     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1996.9980320     Document Type: Article

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