Early Upper Paleolithic shell beads at üçaĝi{dotless}zli{dotless} Cave I (Turkey): Technology and the socioeconomic context of ornament life-histories

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 380-398

  Stiner, Mary C ^a   Kuhn, Steven L ^a   Güleç, Erksin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Shell ornaments; Taphonomy; Technological experiments; a izli; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOLITHIC; SHELL; TAPHONOMY; TECHNOLOGY;

HATAY; TURKEY;

EID: 84875907139     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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