Discoveries of Neolithic prehistoric sites at Pleistocene carbonate rock shelters on the east coast of the UAE

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-138

  Diedrich, Cajus G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b PaleoLogic ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Neolithic; Rock shelters lithic tools; Shell midden; UAE east coast

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CARBONATE ROCK; MOLLUSC; NEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; PREHISTORIC;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF OMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ALISMATACEAE; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33845532841     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2006.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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