Late pleistocene archaeological and fossil human evidence from Lakonis Cave, Southern Greece

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 323-349

  Panagopoulou, Eleni ^a   Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a   Tsartsidou, Georgia ^a   Kotjabopoulou, Eleni ^b   Harvati, Katerina ^c   Ntinou, Maria ^d  

^a Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

^b Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities   (Greece)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 33746753449     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/jfa.2004.29.3-4.323     Document Type: Article

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