Palaeolithic big game hunting at HP766 in wadi umm rahau, northern sudan

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-174

  Gautier, Achilles ^a   Makowiecki, Daniel ^b   Paner, Henryk ^c   Van Neer, Wim ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Gdansk Archaeological Museum   (Poland)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Hunting strategies; Palaeolithic; Sudan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873951733     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/2191-5784-10222     Document Type: Article

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