Using obsidian transfer distances to explore social network maintenance in late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-20

  Pearce, Eiluned ^a   Moutsiou, Theodora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biome; Latitude; Modern humans; Neanderthals; Population density; Social network layers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905640695     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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