Modelling plateau peoples: The early human use of the world's high plateaux

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-370

  Aldenderfer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Ethiopia; Hypoxia; Plateau archaeology; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HOMINID; PLATEAU; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; ANDES; ASIA; CHINA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; XIZANG;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 33747333661     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240600813285     Document Type: Article

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