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Early Upper Paleolithic shell beads at Üçağızlı Cave I (Turkey)

Technology and the socioeconomic context of ornament life-histories

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ID5709571
AuthorsM C Stiner (0000-0002-3136-9535, University of Arizona, corresponding author), L Kuhn (0000-0002-0288-030X, University of Arizona), Steven L Kuhn, Erksin Güleç (Ankara University)
Year2013
Volume64
Issue5
Pages380-398
Publication date2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Evolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2484 • E-ISSN: 1095-8606
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.01.008
PMID23481346
OpenAlexW2008900506
LanguageEN
Citations received74
References cited56

Archaeological record · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Aurignacian · Biology · Cave · Context (archaeology · Geography · Middle Paleolithic · Middle Stone Age · Ornaments · Species richness · Stone tool · Upper Paleolithic · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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