The Berekhat Ram figurine: A late Acheulian carving from the Middle East

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 272, 1997, Pages 327-337

  Marshack, Alexander ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0040222566     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00084957     Document Type: Article

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