Radiocarbon dating and chronology of the Early Upper Paleolithic at Kostenki

Quaternary International

Volumn 152-153, Issue , 2006, Pages 175-185

  Sinitsyn, A A ^a   Hoffecker, J F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

EURASIA; KOSTENKI; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VORONEZH [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

EID: 33745501496     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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