Excavations at the Palaeolithic site of Attirampakkam, South India: Preliminary findings

Current Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 591-598

  Pappu, Shanti ^a   Gunnell, Yanni ^b   Taieb, Maurice ^c   Brugal, Jean Philippe ^c   Touchard, Yannick ^c  

^a CNRS UMR 8591 ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 31344458397     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377652     Document Type: Article

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