Gazelle behaviour and human presence at early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, south-east Anatolia

World Archaeology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 410-429

  Lang, Caroline ^a   Peters, Joris ^b   Pöllath, Nadja ^a   Schmidt, Klaus ^c   Grupe, Gisela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

^c GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

G bekli Tepe; migratory behaviour; Persian gazelle; Pre Pottery Neolithic; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

GAZELLA SUBGUTTUROSA;

EID: 84923519212     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2013.820648     Document Type: Article

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