Hominin occupations at the Dmanisi site, Georgia, Southern Caucasus: Raw materials and technical behaviours of Europe's first hominins

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-596

  Mgeladze, Ana ^a   Lordkipanidze, David ^a   Moncel, Marie Hélène ^b   Despriee, Jackie ^b   Chagelishvili, Rusudan ^a   Nioradze, Medea ^a   Nioradze, Giorgi ^a  

^a Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Dmanisi; Early Pleistocene; Eurasia; Georgia; Oldowan; Raw materials; Technical behaviours; West Asia

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; MATERIAL CULTURE; PLEISTOCENE; TOOL USE;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 79953043180     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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