Paleolithic occupations of the Göllü Daʇ, Central Anatolia, Turkey

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 581-602

  Kuhn, Steven L ^a   Dinçer, Berkay ^b,c   Balkan Atli, Nur ^c   Erturaç, Mehmet Korhan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARDAHAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Archaeological survey; Levallois; Obsidian; Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946228334     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042458215Y.0000000020     Document Type: Article

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