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The Significance of Air Circulation and Hearth Location at Paleolithic Cave Sites

Open Quaternary
Volume 5 (2019): Issue 1
By: Yafit Kedar and  Ran Barkai  
Open Access
|Jun 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.52 | Journal eISSN: 2055-298X
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 15, 2018
Accepted on: May 3, 2019
Published on: Jun 12, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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Keywords:
Paleolithic,
fire,
cave,
hearth,
smoke,
air circulation

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