After 5000 BC: The Libyan desert in transition

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 409-419

  Kuper, Rudolph ^a  

^a Heinrich Barth Institut eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Climate change; Early and Mid Holocene; Human occupation; Libyan Desert; Radiometric data

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPLOYMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORY; LANDFORMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; OCCUPATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EGYPT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 33646692231     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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