Finding a Common Bandwidth: Causes of Convergence and Diversity in Paleolithic Beads

Biological Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-64

  Stiner, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Shell beads; Social networks; Upper Paleolithic Eurasia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977596574     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-013-0157-4     Document Type: Article

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