Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy of the Middle-Upper Paleolithic in Bondi Cave, Republic of Georgia

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2-13

  Yeshurun, R ^a   Moncel, M H ^b   Pleurdeau, D ^b   Pinhasi, R ^c   Tushabramishvili, N ^d   Agapishvili, T ^d,e   Lordkipanidze, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^e Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Caucasus; hunting; Late Pleistocene; paleoecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930746669     PISSN: 15630110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeae.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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