“Now You See it, Now You Don't”—Modern Human Behavior in the Middle Paleolithic

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 295-304

  Hovers, Erella ^a   Belfer Cohen, Anna ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthropological Archaeology; Archaeological Record; Bone Tool; Current Anthropology; Peabody Museum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118664012     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24661-4_16     Document Type: Chapter

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