Late Upper Palaeolithic fishing in the Fucino Basin, central Italy, a detailed analysis of the remains from Grotta di Pozzo

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-162

  Russ, Hannah ^a   Jones, Andrew K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation agents; Fish; Italy; Taphonomy; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949122306     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146141009X12481709928364     Document Type: Article

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