A 14 000 year-old hunter-gatherer's toolkit

Antiquity

Volumn 81, Issue 314, 2007, Pages 865-876

  Edwards, Phillip C ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Hunting; Jordan; Natufian; Projectile; Sickle

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HUNTER-GATHERER; HUNTING; QUARRY; TOOL USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 37449022968     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0009596X     Document Type: Article

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