BEAR IN MIND: BEAR HUNTING IN THE MESOLITHIC OF THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Bar Oz, G ^a   Belfer Cohen, A ^b   Meshveliani, T ^c   Jakeli, N ^c   Matskevich, Z ^d   Bar Yosef, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bear hunting; brown bear; Mesolithic; taphonomy; The Caucasus; zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049145282     PISSN: 15630110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeae.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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