The Aterian and its place in the North African Middle Stone Age

Quaternary International

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-130

  Scerri, Eleanor M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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MESOLITHIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY;

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EID: 84878993699     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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