Animal engravings in the central Sahara: A proxy of a proxy

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-65

  Guagnin, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal depictions; Palaeoenvironment; Rock art; Sahara

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946172006     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000026     Document Type: Article

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