Dung in the desert: Preliminary results of the negev holocene ecology project

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-327

  Rosen, Steven A ^a   Savinetsky, Arkady B ^b   Plakht, Yosef ^c   Kisseleva, Nina K ^b   Khassanov, Bulat F ^b   Pereladov, Andrey M ^b   Haiman, Mordecai ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

^d ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33747787050     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428789     Document Type: Article

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