Technological strategies and the economy of raw materials in the TK (Thiongo Korongo) lower occupation, Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Quaternary International

Volumn 322-323, Issue , 2014, Pages 181-208

  Santonja, Manuel ^a   Panera, Joaquín ^b   Rubio Jara, Susana ^b   Pérez González, Alfredo ^a   Uribelarrea, David ^c   Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel ^b,c   Mabulla, Audax Z P ^d   Bunn, Henry T ^e   Baquedano, Enrique ^b,f  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b Museo de los Origenes   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f Museo Arqueologico Regional   (Spain)

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EID: 84893865608     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.069     Document Type: Article

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