Holocene (Re-)Occupation of Eastern Arabia

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 205-214

  Uerpmann, Hans Peter ^a   Potts, D T ^b   Uerpmann, Margarethe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fasad; Herders; Hunters; Neolithic; Pastoralists; PPNB; Sharjah

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045987365     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_15     Document Type: Chapter

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