Survey of Palaeolithic sites by luminescence profiling, a case study from Eastern Europe

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Burbidge, C I ^a   Sanderson, D C W ^a   Housley, R A ^b   Allsworth Jones, P ^c  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Luminescence; Palaeoenvironment; Palaeolithic archaeology; Russia; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34548048589     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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