Beyond the Acheulean: A view on the Lower Paleolithic occupation of Western Eurasia

Quaternary International

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2010, Pages 327-344

  Doronichev, Vladimir ^a   Golovanova, Liubov ^a  

^a ANO Laboratory of Prehistory   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; HOMINID; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY; TOOL USE;

EURASIA;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO HABILIS;

EID: 77956063984     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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