Characterizing evulsion in the Later Stone Age Maghreb: Age, sex and effects on mastication

Quaternary International

Volumn 413, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-61

  De Groote, Isabelle ^a,b   Humphrey, Louise T ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Attrition; Capsian; Evulsion; Iberomaurusian; Maghreb

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; STONE AGE; TOOTH;

MAGHREB;

EID: 84954285625     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.082     Document Type: Article

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