Pearl fishing in the ancient world: 7500 BP

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Charpentier, Vincent ^a   Phillips, Carl S ^b   Méry, Sophie ^b  

^a Inrap)   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arabia; Neolithic; Pearl diving

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NEOLITHIC;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84859543095     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2011.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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