Levantine perspectives on the middle to upper Paleolithic "transition"

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 12-21

  Meignen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

"transition" lithic technology; Initial Upper Paleolithic; Late Middle Paleolithic; Levant; processes of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870386804     PISSN: 15630110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeae.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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