Recognizing fire in the paleolithic archaeological record

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages S175-S190

  Goldberg, Paul ^a,b,c   Miller, Christopher E ^b,d   Mentzer, Susan M ^b,e  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 85023600092     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/692729     Document Type: Article

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