New discoveries and interpretations of hominid fossils and artifacts from Vindija Cave, Croatia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-67

  Ahern, James C M ^a   Karavanić, Ivor ^b   Paunović, Maja ^c   Janković, Ivor ^d   Smith, Fred H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Human Evolution; Lithic Analysis; Lithics; Middle Paleolithic; Neandertal; Retouchers; South Central Europe; Vindija

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VINDIJA CAVE;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 1342268762     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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