The early upper paleolithic period at manot cave, Western Galilee, Israel

Human Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 85-100

  Barzilai, O ^a   Hershkovitz, I ^b   Marder, O ^c  

^a ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ahmarian; Early upper palaeolithic; Levantine aurignacian; Manot cave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969710608     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: 1824310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14673/HE2016121016     Document Type: Article

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