Franchthi Cave revisited: The age of the Aurignacian in south-eastern Europe

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 330, 2011, Pages 1131-1150

  Douka, K ^a   Perles C ^b   Valladas, H ^c   Vanhaeren, M ^d   Hedges, R E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aurignacian; Greece; Lithics; Radiocarbon; Shell ornaments; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155167071     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061962     Document Type: Article

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