Early humans and rapidly changing Holocene sea levels in the Queen Charlotte Islands-Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5322, 1997, Pages 71-74

  Josenhans, Heiner ^a   Fedje, Daryl ^b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^c   Southon, John ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Heritage   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HOLOCENE; HUMAN OCCUPATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; SEA LEVEL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; FOSSIL; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, HECATE STRAIT; CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

EID: 0030824243     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5322.71     Document Type: Article

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