Excavator bias at the site of Pech de l'Azé IV, France

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-328

  Dibble, Harold L ^a   Raczek, Teresa P ^a   McPherron, Shannon P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MPI Department of Human Evolution   (Germany)

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EID: 33750113171     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346905791072242     Document Type: Review

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