Towards complexity in osseous raw material exploitation by the first anatomically modern humans in Europe: Aurignacian antler working

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-92

  Tejero, José Miguel ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aurignacian; Deer antler exploitation; Technology; Upper palaeolithic; Western europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907077316     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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