Prehistoric exploitation of Grevena highland zones: Hunters and herders along the Pindus chain of western Macedonia (Greece)

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-435

  Efstratiou, Nikos ^a   Biagi, Paolo ^b   Elefanti, Paraskevi ^c   Karkanas, Panagiotis ^d   Ntinou, Maria ^e  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece ^*  (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthracology; Archaeology; Highland zone; Middle palaeolithic; Pastoralism; Pindus; Soil micromorphology; Transhumance

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GROUND FREEZING; PALEOLITHIC; PASTORALISM; PREHISTORIC; UPLAND REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; PINDUS MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747358095     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240600813327     Document Type: Article

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