Quaternary paleoenviroments and potential for human exploitation of the Jordan Plateau desert interior

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-400

  Davies, Caroline P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; DESERT; EXPLOITATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION;

JORDAN VALLEY;

EID: 17744400069     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20055     Document Type: Article

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