Mousterian musicianship? The case of the Divje babe I bone

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-333

  Morley, Iain ^a  

^a MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; MUSIC;

EID: 33749471603     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2006.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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