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Excavations at the Palaeolithic Site of Attirampakkam, South India: Preliminary Findings

2003; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 44; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/377652

1537-5382

Shanti Pappu, Yanni Gunnell, Maurice Taieb, Jean‐Philip Brugal, Yannick Touchard,

Archaeology and Rock Art Studies

Previous articleNext article No AccessReportsExcavations at the Palaeolithic Site of Attirampakkam, South India: Preliminary Findings1ShantiPappu, YanniGunnell, MauriceTaieb, JeanPhilippeBrugal, and YannickTouchardShantiPappuB428, Siddheshwarnagar, Vishrantwadi, Pune 411015, India ([email protected]) (Pappu)/Dpartement de Gographie, Universit de Paris 7, and CNRSUMR 8591, Campus CNRS, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon cedex, France ([email protected]) (Gunnell)/CNRSCEREGE, BP 80, 13545 AixenProvence cedex 04, France ([email protected]) (Taieb and Touchard)/CNRSUMR 6636 and CNRSGDR 1051, MMSSH, BP 647, 5 rue du Chteau de lHorloge, F13094, AixenProvence, France ([email protected]) (Brugal). 9 xii 02, YanniGunnellB428, Siddheshwarnagar, Vishrantwadi, Pune 411015, India ([email protected]) (Pappu)/Dpartement de Gographie, Universit de Paris 7, and CNRSUMR 8591, Campus CNRS, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon cedex, France ([email protected]) (Gunnell)/CNRSCEREGE, BP 80, 13545 AixenProvence cedex 04, France ([email protected]) (Taieb and Touchard)/CNRSUMR 6636 and CNRSGDR 1051, MMSSH, BP 647, 5 rue du Chteau de lHorloge, F13094, AixenProvence, France ([email protected]) (Brugal). 9 xii 02, MauriceTaiebB428, Siddheshwarnagar, Vishrantwadi, Pune 411015, India ([email protected]) (Pappu)/Dpartement de Gographie, Universit de Paris 7, and CNRSUMR 8591, Campus CNRS, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon cedex, France ([email protected]) (Gunnell)/CNRSCEREGE, BP 80, 13545 AixenProvence cedex 04, France ([email protected]) (Taieb and Touchard)/CNRSUMR 6636 and CNRSGDR 1051, MMSSH, BP 647, 5 rue du Chteau de lHorloge, F13094, AixenProvence, France ([email protected]) (Brugal). 9 xii 02, JeanPhilippeBrugalB428, Siddheshwarnagar, Vishrantwadi, Pune 411015, India ([email protected]) (Pappu)/Dpartement de Gographie, Universit de Paris 7, and CNRSUMR 8591, Campus CNRS, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon cedex, France ([email protected]) (Gunnell)/CNRSCEREGE, BP 80, 13545 AixenProvence cedex 04, France ([email protected]) (Taieb and Touchard)/CNRSUMR 6636 and CNRSGDR 1051, MMSSH, BP 647, 5 rue du Chteau de lHorloge, F13094, AixenProvence, France ([email protected]) (Brugal). 9 xii 02, and YannickTouchardB428, Siddheshwarnagar, Vishrantwadi, Pune 411015, India ([email protected]) (Pappu)/Dpartement de Gographie, Universit de Paris 7, and CNRSUMR 8591, Campus CNRS, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon cedex, France ([email protected]) (Gunnell)/CNRSCEREGE, BP 80, 13545 AixenProvence cedex 04, France ([email protected]) (Taieb and Touchard)/CNRSUMR 6636 and CNRSGDR 1051, MMSSH, BP 647, 5 rue du Chteau de lHorloge, F13094, AixenProvence, France ([email protected]) (Brugal). 9 xii 02B428, Siddheshwarnagar, Vishrantwadi, Pune 411015, India ([email protected]) (Pappu)/Dpartement de Gographie, Universit de Paris 7, and CNRSUMR 8591, Campus CNRS, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon cedex, France ([email protected]) (Gunnell)/CNRSCEREGE, BP 80, 13545 AixenProvence cedex 04, France ([email protected]) (Taieb and Touchard)/CNRSUMR 6636 and CNRSGDR 1051, MMSSH, BP 647, 5 rue du Chteau de lHorloge, F13094, AixenProvence, France ([email protected]) (Brugal). 9 xii 02PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 44, Number 4August/October 2003 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/377652 Views: 244Total views on this site Citations: 34Citations are reported from Crossref 2003 by The WennerGren Foundation for Anthropological Research. 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