The early upper Paleolithic of eastern Europe reconsidered

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-39

  Hoffecker, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Archeology; Aurignacian; Modern humans; Northern Eurasia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EASTERN EUROPE; FOSSIL; HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAMMAL; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MAMMALS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79951902340     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20284     Document Type: Article

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