The earliest evidence of human settlement in the Kurile Islands (Russian far east): The Yankito site cluster, Iturup Island

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-184

  Yanshina, Oksana V ^a   Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 77951607361     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564891003663927     Document Type: Note

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