The Middle Holocene shell mound of El Gouna on the Red Sea (Egypt)

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-442

  Vermeersch, Pierre M ^a   Van Peer, Philip ^a   Rots, Veerle ^a   Van Kerckhoven, Liesbeth ^a   Van Neer, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

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EID: 61949118014     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346905791072143     Document Type: Review

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