DOCUMENTING EARLY LITHIC TECHNOLOGIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
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عنوان ژورنال: Chungará (Arica)
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0717-7356
DOI: 10.4067/s0717-73562015005000012