The upper palaeolithic of the Japanese Islands: An overview

Archeometriai Muhely

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 219-228

  Ono, Akira ^a   Yamada, Masayoshi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heritage Management; Japanese Islands; Modern Human Dispersal; Obsidian; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884400703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1786271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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