The open-air site of Tolbor 16 (Northern Mongolia): Preliminary results and perspectives

Quaternary International

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-65

  Zwyns, Nicolas ^a,b   Gladyshev, Sergei A ^c   Gunchinsuren, Biamba ^d   Bolorbat, Tsedendorj ^d   Flas, Damien ^e   Dogandžić, Tamara ^b   Tabarev, Andrei V ^c   Gillam, J Christopher ^f   Khatsenovich, Arina M ^c   McPherron, Shannon ^b   Odsuren, Davakhuu ^d   Paine, Cleantha H ^g   Purevjal, Khovor Erdene ^d   Stewart, John R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^d MAS   (Mongolia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blade technology; Initial upper paleolithic; Mongolia; Northeast asia; Tolbor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923263754     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.05.043     Document Type: Article

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