Nubian Complex strategies in the Egyptian high desert

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-201

  Olszewski, Deborah I ^a   Dibble, Harold L ^a   McPherron, Shannon P ^b   Schurmans, Utsav A ^a   Chiotti, Laurent ^c   Smith, Jennifer R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early modern humans; Egypt; Middle Paleolithic; Settlement systems

Indexed keywords

DESERT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; PALEOLITHIC;

EGYPT;

EID: 77955845139     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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