The Paleoanthropology of Greece

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 131-143

  Harvati, Katerina ^a   Panagopoulou, Eleni ^b   Runnels, Curtis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Paleolithic technology and geoarcheology ^*

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apidima; Balkans; Lakonis; Petralona; Theopetra

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 76149102224     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20219     Document Type: Article

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