Uluzzian bone technology and its implications for the origin of behavioural modernity

Quaternary International

Volumn 259, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-71

  d'Errico, Francesco ^a,b   Borgia, Valentina ^c   Ronchitelli, Annamaria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; MODERNITY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC;

ITALY;

DELLA;

EID: 84859762777     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.039     Document Type: Article

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