Climatic fluctuations and early farming in west and East Asia

Current Anthropology

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages

  Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054956280     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659784     Document Type: Review

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