The Middle Palaeolithic of Arabia: Implications for modern human origins, behaviour and dispersals

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 298, 2003, Pages 671-684

  Petraglia, Michael D ^a   Alsharekh, Abdullah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian peninsula; Behaviour; Dispersals; Middle Palaeolithic; Modern human origins

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MIGRATION; PALEOLITHIC;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0346963999     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061639     Document Type: Article

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