A late stone age sequence from West Ethiopia: The sites of K'aaba and Bel K'urk'umu (Assosa, Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State)

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-126

  Fernández, Victor M ^a   González Ruibal, Alfredo ^a   Luque, Luis ^b   De La Torre, Ignacio ^c   López Sáez, José Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Avenida Sagunto   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Later Stone Age; Lithic technology; Mesolithic Neolithic pottery; Middle Stone Age; Western Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049420531     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10087     Document Type: Article

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