Identification of the last glacial maximum in the Upper Paleolithic of Portugal using magnetic susceptibility measurements of Caldeirão Cave sediments

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-71

  Ellwood, Brooks B ^a   Zilhão, João ^b   Harrold, Francis B ^a   Balsam, William ^a   Burkart, Burke ^a   Long, Gary J ^c   Debénath, André ^d   Bouzouggar, Abdeljalil ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^e l'Archeologie P   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLITHIC; PEDOGENESIS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0040464452     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6548(199801)13:1<55::aid-gea4>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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