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Progress in ESR and U-Series Chronology of the Levantine Paleolithic

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Schwarcz, H.P., Rink, W.J. (2002). Progress in ESR and U-Series Chronology of the Levantine Paleolithic. In: Akazawa, T., Aoki, K., Bar-Yosef, O. (eds) Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47153-1_4

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