Palaeolithic Living Sites in Upper and Middle Egypt: A review article

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 447-461

  Schild, Romuald ^a,c   Wendorf, Fred ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 50849083514     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/jfa.2004.29.3-4.447     Document Type: Review

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