Geoarchaeology of the Holocene Climatic Optimum at Nabta Playa, Southwestern Desert, Egypt

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-28

  Schild, Romuald ^a   Wendorf, Fred ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DUNE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HYPSITHERMAL; NEOLITHIC; PLAYA; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0037763516     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6548(200101)16:1<7::AID-GEA3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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