Palaeoclimatic identification based on an isotope study of travertine from the Copper Age site at Los Millares, south-eastern Spain

Archaeometry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Capel, J ^a   Reyes, E ^b   Delgado, A ^b   Nunez R ^b   Molina, F ^a  

^a Dpto de Historia Medieval y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copper Age; Los Millares; Palaeoclimate; Spain; Stable isotopes; Travertine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032350164     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1998.tb00832.x     Document Type: Article

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