The emergence of bone-working and ornamental art in the Caucasian Upper Palaeolithic

Antiquity

Volumn 84, Issue 324, 2010, Pages 299-320

  Golovanova, Liubov V ^a   Doronichev, Vladimir B ^a   Cleghorn, Naomi E ^b  

^a Laboratory of Prehistory   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone industry; Caucasus; Epipalaeolithic; Middle palaeolithic; Ornamental art; Russia; Upper palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953599580     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0006659X     Document Type: Article

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