New chronometric data from Ifri n'Ammar (Morocco) and the chronostratigraphy of the Middle Palaeolithic in the Western Maghreb

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 672-679

  Richter, Daniel ^a   Moser, Johannes ^b   Nami, Mustapha ^c   Eiwanger, Josef ^b   Mikdad, Abdeslam ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DAI ^*  (Germany)

^c Direction du Patrimoine   (Morocco)

^d Institut National Des Sciences De l'Archéologie Et Du Patrimoine   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Aterian; Dating; Ifri n'Ammar; Maghreb; Middle Palaeolithic; Mousterian; Northwest Africa; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOLITHIC; MOUSTERIAN; PALEOLITHIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

MAGHREB;

EID: 78149413536     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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