Dzudzuana: An upper palaeolithic cave site in the caucasus foothills (Georgia)

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 328, 2011, Pages 331-349

  Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a   Belfer Cohen, Anna ^b   Mesheviliani, Tengiz ^c   Jakeli, Nino ^c   Bar Oz, Guy ^d   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^e,f   Goldberg, Paul ^g   Kvavadze, Eliso ^c   Matskevich, Zinovi ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c National Museum of Georgia   (Georgia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^f BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g USA   (United States)

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EID: 79957652689     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0006779X     Document Type: Article

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