Paleoclimate and Intersite Correlations from Late Pleistocene/Holocene Cave Sites: Results from Southern Europe

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 433-463

  Ellwood, Brooks B ^a   Harrold, Francis B ^b   Benoist, Stephen L ^a   Straus, Lawrence G ^c   Morales, M Gonzalez ^d   Petruso, Karl ^e   Bicho, Nuno F ^f   Zilhão, João ^g   Soler, Narcis ^h  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^g Ministerio da Cultura Portugal   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CORRELATION; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0001224830     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.1011     Document Type: Article

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