Vegetation and climate change since 14,810 14C yr B.P. in southeastern Uruguay and implications for the rise of early Formative societies

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-32

  Iriarte, José ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Early Formative; Human environment relationships; Late Quaternary; Mid Holocene; Paleoecolgy; Paleovegetation; Phytoliths; Pollen; Southeastern Uruguay

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

PANICOIDEAE; POACEAE; POOIDEAE;

EID: 30444457877     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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