Human footprints in Central Mexico older than 40,000 years

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 201-222

  González, Silvia ^a   Huddart, David ^a   Bennett, Matthew R ^b   González Huesca, Alberto ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANOES;

HUMAN EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; VOLCANIC ASH LAYER; XALNENE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FOOTPRINT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; QUATERNARY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAMELIDAE; CANIDAE; CERVIDAE; FELIDAE;

EID: 31944451024     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.10.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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