Middle paleolithic assemblages from the Indian subcontinent before and after the Toba super-eruption

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5834, 2007, Pages 114-116

  Petraglia, Michael ^a,b   Korisettar, Ravi ^c   Boivin, Nicole ^a   Clarkson, Christopher ^d   Ditchfield, Peter ^e   Jones, Sacha ^a   Koshy, Jinu ^c   Lahr, Marta Mirazón ^a   Oppenheimer, Clive ^a   Pyle, David ^f   Roberts, Richard ^g   Schwenninger, Jean Luc ^e   Arnold, Lee ^g   White, Kevin ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; PALEOLITHIC; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INDIA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDONESIA; JWALAPURAM; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34447326680     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1141564     Document Type: Article

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