Holocene valley fills of southern Turkey and northwestern Syria: Recent geoarchaeological contributions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 555-571

  Wilkinson, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; VALLEY FILL;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TURKEY;

EID: 0033118673     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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