Shells and ochre in Middle Paleolithic Qafzeh Cave, Israel: indications for modern behavior

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Bar Yosef Mayer, Daniella E ^a   Vandermeersch, Bernard ^b   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycymeris insubrica; Modern humans; Shell beads

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIVALVE; BONE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); PALEOLITHIC; SHELL;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; GLYCYMERIS; GLYCYMERIS INSUBRICA;

EID: 61749098371     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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