Comment on "How do you kill 86 mammoths? Taphonomic investigations of mammoth megasites" by Pat Shipman

Quaternary International

Volumn 368, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-115

  Perri, Angela R ^a   Smith, Geoff M ^b   Bosch, Marjolein D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for the Evolution of Hominin Behaviour   (Germany)

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EID: 84929411722     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.013     Document Type: Note

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