Environment, seasonality and hunting strategies as influences on Natufian food procurement: The faunal remains from Shubayqa 1

Levant

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 85-104

  Yeomans, Lisa ^a   Richter, Tobias ^a   Martin, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gazelle; hunting; Natufian; southern Levant; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031810612     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00758914.2017.1368820     Document Type: Article

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