The Late Pleistocene of Arabia in Relation to the Levant

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 187-202

  Maher, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faw Well; Late Pleistocene; Microlithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045977452     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_14     Document Type: Chapter

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