The Kostënki 18 child burial and the cultural and funerary landscape of Mid Upper Palaeolithic European Russia

Antiquity

Volumn 91, Issue 360, 2017, Pages 1435-1450

  Reynolds, Natasha ^a,b   Dinnis, Rob ^b,c   Bessudnov, Alexander A ^c   Devièse, Thibaut ^b   Higham, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

funerary archaeology; Gravettian; radiocarbon dating; Russia; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038444176     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2017.150     Document Type: Article

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