Lithic techno-complexes in Italy from 50 to 39 thousand years BP: An overview of lithic technological changes across the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic boundary
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عنوان ژورنال: Quaternary International
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.11.005