Middle Palaeolithic point technologies in the Thar Desert, India

Quaternary International

Volumn 382, Issue , 2015, Pages 237-249

  Blinkhorn, James ^a   Achyuthan, Hema ^b   Ajithprasad, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Human dispersal; India; Middle palaeolithic; Point technology; Thar desert

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; PALEOLITHIC; STONE AGE; TECHNOLOGY;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; INDIA; NORTH AFRICA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 84941805475     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.027     Document Type: Article

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