The Acheulean of peninsular India with special reference to the Hungsi and Baichbal valleys of the lower Deccan

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402055614, 2007, Pages 97-119

  Paddayya, K ^a  

^a Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

Author keywords

Gamble desire; Large flake; Silicified limestone; Stone artifact; Stone tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049100788     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5562-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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