Microliths in the Middle and Later Stone Age of eastern Africa: New data from Porc-Epic and Goda Buticha cave sites, Ethiopia

Quaternary International

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 100-116

  Leplongeon, Alice ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MESOLITHIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ETHIOPIA; PORC EPIC; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84906792473     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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