New perspectives on the use of kites in mass-kills of Levantine gazelle: A view from northeastern Syria

Quaternary International

Volumn 297, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-125

  Zeder, Melinda A ^a   Bar Oz, Guy ^b   Rufolo, Scott J ^a   Hole, Frank ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; EQUIPMENT; HOLOCENE; HORSE; HUNTING; MEAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEPPE;

KHABUR RIVER; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84892442988     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.045     Document Type: Article

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