Stone procurement and transport at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, SE Spain)

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Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-28

  Zack, Winston ^a   Andronikov, Alexander ^b   Rodríguez Estrella, Tomas ^c   Lopez Maritínez, Mariano ^d   Haber Uriarte, Maria ^e   Holliday, Vance ^b   Lauretta, Dante ^b   Walker, Micheal ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^d Facultad de Letras ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chert; Factor analysis; ICP MS; Late Early Pleistocene; Procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886252560     PISSN: 03757471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.7485/QU60-1     Document Type: Article

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