The Upper Palaeolithic Lithic Industry of Nazlet Khater 4 (Egypt): Implications for the Stone Age/Palaeolithic of Northeastern Africa

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-236

  Leplongeon, Alice ^a   Pleurdeau, David ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Blade industry; Egyptian Nile Valley; Middle Stone Age; Migration corridor; Nazlet Khater 4; Quarry site; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052407463     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-011-9100-x     Document Type: Article

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