Recent investigations at the prehistoric site RH-5 (Ra's al-Hamra¯', Muscat, Sultanate of Oman)

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

Volumn 41, Issue , 2011, Pages 201-222

  Marcucci, Lapo Gianni ^a,b   Genchi, Francesco ^c   Badel, Émilie ^b   Tosi, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Living structures; Middle Holocene; Population; Ra's al Hamra (Ra's al Hamra '); Shell midden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860887543     PISSN: 03088421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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