Mesolithic cave use in Greece and the mosaic of human communities

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-242

  Galanidou, Nena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caves; Chronology; Greece; Lithic industries; Mesolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MESOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

GREECE;

EID: 83455224468     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: 17431700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v24i2.219     Document Type: Article

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