Two sides of the same coin-rocks, bones and site function of Picareiro Cave, central Portugal

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-499

  Bicho, Nuno ^a   Haws, Jonathan ^b   Hockett, Bryan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Elko Field Office Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Magdalenian; Portugal; Site function; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750344035     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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