A Mid Upper Palaeolithic Child Burial from Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 151-162

  Wilczynski J ^a   Szczepanek, A ^b   Wojtal, P ^a   Diakowski, M ^c   Wojenka, M ^b   Sobieraj, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aurignacian; Early modern human remains; Gravettian; Mortuary practice; Pendants

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000624515     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2405     Document Type: Article

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