First direct evidence of chalcolithic footwear from the near eastern highlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Pinhasi, Ron ^a   Gasparian, Boris ^b   Areshian, Gregory ^c   Zardaryan, Diana ^b   Smith, Alexia ^d   Bar Oz, Guy ^e   Higham, Thomas ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CHALCOLITHIC; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GAIT; GRASS; HALLUX; HEEL; POACEAE; PRESSURE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SAMPLE; SHOE; STORAGE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARMENIA; HUMANS; SHOES;

POACEAE;

EID: 77955189083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010984     Document Type: Article

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