Implications for Late Aurignacian land use strategies;Caching and retooling in Potočka Zijalka (Slovenia)

Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-151

  Verpoorte, Alexander ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aurignacian; Bone points; Early modern humans; Eastern Alps; Slovenia; Tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864367917     PISSN: 0342734X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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