Acheulean Landscapes and Large Cutting Tools Assemblages in the Arabian peninsula

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 103-116

  Petraglia, Michael D ^a   Drake, Nick ^b   Alsharekh, Abdullah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acheulean; Daw dmi; Giant Cores; Large Cutting Tools; Quarry; Saff qah; Wadi Fatimah

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045995309     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_8     Document Type: Chapter

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