Geochronology, sediment provenance, and fossil emplacement at Sumidouro Cave, a classic Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene paleoanthropological site in eastern Brazil

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 751-764

  Piló, Luís B ^a   Auler, Augusto S ^b   Neves, Walter A ^a   Wang, Xianfeng ^c   Cheng, Hai ^c   Edwards, R Lawrence ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CAVE; EMPLACEMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

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EID: 33645240427     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20081     Document Type: Article

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