A middle palaeolithic bone tool from Crimea (Ukraine)

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 318, 2008, Pages 843-852

  Burke, Ariane ^a   d'Errico, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bone tool; Equid; Middle Palaeolithic; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149277300     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00097611     Document Type: Article

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