The emergence of bone technologies at the end of the pleistocene in Southeast Asia: Regional and evolutionary implications

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-56

  Rabett, Ryan J ^a   Piper, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

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EID: 84857880089     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774312000030     Document Type: Article

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