Constructing chronologies for the late Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic: limitations and means to overcome them
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عنوان ژورنال: World Archaeology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0043-8243,1470-1375
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2015.1052544