The Sedimentary Records in Mediterranean Rockshelters and Caves: Archives of Environmental Change

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-354

  Woodward, Jamie C ^a   Goldberg, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXCAVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENTARY FEATURE;

EID: 0347671215     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.1007     Document Type: Article

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