Taphonomy and zooarchaeology of the upper palaeolithic cave of Dzudzuana, Republic of Georgia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-151

  Bar Oz, Guy ^a   Belfer Cohen, A ^b   Meshveliani, T ^c   Djakeli, N ^c   Bar Yosef, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Hunting; Republic of Georgia; Subsistence; Taphonomy; Upper Palaeolithic; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149112337     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.926     Document Type: Article

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