Mezmaiskaya cave (Northern Caucasus): An example of lithic raw materials exploitation in the Middle and Upper Paleolithic;La grotte Mézmaiskaya (Caucase de Nord): Exemple de l'utilisation des matières premières lithiques au Paléolithique Moyen et Supérieur

Anthropologie

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 378-404

  Doronicheva, Ekaterina ^a   Kulkova, Marianna ^b   Grégoire, Sophie ^c  

^a Université d'état de Saint Pétersbourg   (Russian Federation)

^b HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^c Centre européen de recherches préhistoriques de Tautavel CERP   (France)

Author keywords

Exploitation models; Mezmaiskaya cave; Northwestern Caucasus; Paleolithic; Petrography; Raw materials

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOLITHIC; PETROGRAPHY;

CAUCASUS; NORTHERN CAUCASUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84866871540     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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