The Age of the 'Anosovka-Tel'manskaya Culture' and the Issue of a Late Streletskian at Kostënki 11, SW Russia

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

Volumn 84, Issue , 2018, Pages 21-40

  Dinnis, Rob ^a   Bessudnov, Alexander A ^b   Reynolds, Natasha ^c   Douka, Katerina ^d   Dudin, Alexander E ^e   Khlopachev, Gennady A ^f   Sablin, Mikhail V ^g   Sinitsyn, Andrei A ^b   Higham, Thomas F G ^d  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Kostenki Museum Preserve   (Russian Federation)

^f RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^g ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Kost nki; radiocarbon dating; Russia; Streletskian; Sungirian; Upper Palaeolithic; Wolf burial

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042065636     PISSN: 0079497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1017/ppr.2018.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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