"Out of Arabia" and the middle-upper palaeolithic transition in the southern Levant

Quartar

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-85

  Rose, Jeffrey I ^a   Marks, Anthony E ^b  

^a RONIN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emiran Industry; Middle Upper Palaeolithic transition; Modern human dispersal; Nubian Complex; Out of Africa; Out of Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946239633     PISSN: 03757471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.7485/QU61-03     Document Type: Article

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