The environment of Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian and Azilian) hunters at Hauterive-Champreveyres, Neuchatel, Switzerland, interpreted from coleopteran remains

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-175

  Coope, G Russell ^a,c   Elias, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Tigh na Cleirich   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azilian; Coleoptera; Magdalenian; Palaeoclimate; Switzerland; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034144312     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(200002)15:2<157::AID-JQS478>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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