Between Observations and Models: An Eclectic View of Middle Paleolithic Archaeology

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 305-325

  Bar Yosef, Ofer ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron Spin Resonance; Electron Spin Resonance Date; Modern Human; Oxygen Isotope Stage; Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometric

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EID: 84893866432     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24661-4_17     Document Type: Chapter

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