First report on new evidence for the occurrence of Podocarpus and possible human presence at the mouth of the Amazon during the Late-glacial

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-246

  Behling, Hermann ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amazon rain forest podocarpus; Early amerindians; Late quaternary; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444454586     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00217501     Document Type: Article

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