The shell middens of Las Bela coast and the Indus delta (Arabian Sea, Pakistan)

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-14

  Biagi, Paolo ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balochistan; Indus delta; Las Bela; Radiocarbon chronology; Seafaring; Shell middens

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; MESOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS DELTA; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84876718806     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12013     Document Type: Article

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