The Upper Paleolithic of Mongolia: Recent finds and new perspectives

Quaternary International

Volumn 281, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-46

  Gladyshev, Sergei A ^a   Olsen, John W ^b   Tabarev, Andrei V ^a   Jull, Anthony J T ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

MONGOLIA; ORHON RIVER;

EID: 84868371114     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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