4200 New shell mound sites in the southern red sea

Internet Archaeology

Volumn , Issue 37, 2014, Pages

  Meredith Williams, M G ^a   Hausmann, N ^a   Inglis, R H ^a   Bailey, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal archaeology; Digital imagery; Mid Holocene; Sea crossings; Shell middens; Southern Red Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909952911     PISSN: 13635387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11141/ia.37.2     Document Type: Article

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