The 'Messak Project': Archaeological research for cultural heritage management in SW Libya

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-74

  Biagetti, Stefano ^a   Cancellieri, Emanuele ^a,b   Cremaschi, Mauro ^c   Gauthier, Christine ^c   Gauthier, Yves ^d   Zerboni, Andrea ^d   Gallinaro, Marina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b C/o Museo Civico di Zoologia ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d not available   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural Heritage Management; Holocene; Libya; Messak; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883298018     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/2191-5784-10231     Document Type: Article

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