The early Upper Paleolithic occupations at Üçaǧi{dotless}zli{dotless} Cave (Hatay, Turkey)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-113

  Kuhn, Steven L ^a   Stiner, Mary C ^a   Güleç, Erksin ^b   Özer, Ismail ^b   Yilmaz, Hakan ^b   Baykara, Ismail ^b   Açikkol, Ayşen ^e   Goldberg, Paul ^c   Molina, Kenneth Martínez ^d   Ünay, Engin ^e   Suata Alpaslan, Fadime ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ahmarian; Bone tools; Early Upper Paleolithic; Late Pleistocene; Mediterranean; Prey choice; shell ornaments; Turkey; Use wear; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PALEOLITHIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TOOL USE;

EURASIA; HATAY; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58649116695     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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