TL age-estimates for the Middle Palaeolithic layers at Theopetra cave (Greece)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 303-308

  Valladas, Helene ^a   Mercier, Norbert ^a   Froget, Laurence ^a   Joron, Jean Louis ^b   Reyss, Jean Louis ^a   Karkanas, Panajotis ^c   Panagopoulou, Eleni ^c   Kyparissi Apostolika, Nina ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flint; Mousterian; Theopetra; Thermoluminescence dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTIFACT; CAVE DEPOSIT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLINT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MOUSTERIAN; OCCUPATION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THEOPETRA CAVE; THESSALY; TRIKALA;

EID: 34548026030     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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