Earliest Acheulian Industry from Peninsular India

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Previous articleNext article No AccessReportsEarliest Acheulian Industry from Peninsular IndiaS. Mishra, T. R. Venkatesan, S. N. Rajaguru, and B. L. K. SomayajuluS. Mishra Search for more articles by this author , T. R. Venkatesan Search for more articles by this author , S. N. Rajaguru Search for more articles by this author , and B. L. K. Somayajulu Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 36, Number 5Dec., 1995 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/204442 Views: 7Total views on this site Citations: 48Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1995 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Sourav Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit Roy, Satish J. 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