Gastropods and humans in the late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of the western Mediterranean basin

Quaternary International

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Lubell, David ^a   Barton, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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GASTROPODA;

EID: 80053178480     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.042     Document Type: Editorial

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