Paleolithic Stone Tool Assemblages from Sharjah and Ras al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 125-138

  Scott Jackson, Julie ^a   Scott Jackson, William ^a   Rose, Jeffrey I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Levallois; Ras al Khaimah; Sharjah; Survey; Technology; UAE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907081985     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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