The colonization of Eastern Siberia: An evaluation of the Paleolithic age radiocarbon dates

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 577-585

  Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^a,c   Tankersley, Kenneth B ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Eastern Siberia; Human colonization; Paleolithic; Radiocarbon age; Russian far east; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL DISPERSION; HUMAN COLONISATION; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATA;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA;

EID: 0030456584     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0054     Document Type: Article

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