Middle Stone Age archaeology at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Quaternary International

Volumn 322-323, Issue , 2014, Pages 292-313

  Eren, Metin I ^a,b   Durant, Adam J ^c,d   Prendergast, Mary ^e   Mabulla, Audax Z P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^e St Louis University (Madrid Campus)   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; FAUNA; HOMINID; MESOLITHIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84893837139     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.042     Document Type: Article

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