Radiocarbon date frequency as an index of intensity of Paleolithic occupation of Siberia: Did humans react predictably to climate oscillations?

Radiocarbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 741-756

  Fiedel, Stuart J ^a   Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^b  

^a Louis Berger Group   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 39849091899     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200042624     Document Type: Article

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