Green Arabia: Human prehistory at the Crossroads of Continents

Quaternary International

Volumn 382, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Petraglia, Michael D ^a   Parton, Ash ^a   Groucutt, Huw S ^a   Alsharekh, Abdullah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84941809485     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.071     Document Type: Editorial

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