Sea-level change and shore-line evolution in Aegean Greece since upper palaeolithic time

Antiquity

Volumn 70, Issue 269, 1996, Pages 588-611

  Lambeck, Kurt ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION PATTERN; PALAEOLITHIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SHORELINE CHANGE;

AEGEAN SEA;

EID: 0030436826     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00083733     Document Type: Article

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