Preliminary results from the new excavations of the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic levels at Ortvale Klde-north chamber (South Caucasus Georgia)

Quaternary International

Volumn 316, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-13

  Moncel, M H ^a   Pleurdeau, D ^a   Tushubramishvili, N ^b,d   Yeshurun, R ^c   Agapishvili, T ^d   Pinhasi, R ^e   Higham, T F G ^f  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d Museum National of Georgia   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CAVE SYSTEM; CHRONOLOGY; EXCAVATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITHIC FRAGMENT; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CAUCASUS;

EID: 84887406137     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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