Environment and Long-Term Population Trends in Southwest Arabia

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 51-66

  Wilkinson, Tony J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Neolithic; Paleolithic; Populations; Settlement; Yemen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862508393     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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