Southern Arabia’s Early Pastoral Population History: Some Recent Evidence

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 237-250

  McCorriston, Joy ^a   Martin, Louise ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fauna; Grazing; Manayzah; Pastoralism; Shi b Kheshiya; Southern Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045980636     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_17     Document Type: Chapter

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