Finding the message in intricacy: The association of lithics and fauna on Lower Paleolithic Multiple Carcass Sites

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 436-447

  Chazan, Michael ^a   Horwitz, Liora Kolska ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fauna; Hunting; Lithics; Lower Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750358025     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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