“Resource-rich, stone-poor”: Early hominin land use in large river systems of northern India and Pakistan

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402055614, 2007, Pages 41-68

  Dennell, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial deposit; Home range size; Lithic artifact; Lithic assemblage; Stone tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045102601     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5562-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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