Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Site Formation at Konispol Cave, Southwest Albania

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 559-602

  Schuldenrein, Joseph ^a  

^a Geoarchaeology Res Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; FLUSHING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; IRON AGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; REWORKING;

ALBANIA; EPIRUS; GREECE;

EID: 0347139318     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.1005     Document Type: Article

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