THE PALEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA 1998 FIELD REPORT* A Preliminary Description of Activities of the Joint Mongolian-Russian-American Archaeological Expedition (JMRAAE) in 1998 by
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