A female figurine from the basal Aurignacian of Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7244, 2009, Pages 248-252

  Conard, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ART; CAVE DEPOSIT; CULTURAL HISTORY; EXCAVATION; IVORY; MAMMOTH; PALEOLITHIC; PREDATION;

AFRICA; ANTIQUITY; ART; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GERMANY; PALEOLITHIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBOLISM;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HOHLE FELS CAVE;

EID: 66149155332     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07995     Document Type: Article

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