A new synthesis of evidence for the Upper Pleistocene occupation of 16R Dune and its southern Asian context

Quaternary International

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 282-291

  Blinkhorn, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

THAR DESERT;

EID: 84879041218     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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