Ecological patterns in the upper pleistocene and holocene in the Jebel Gharbi, Northern Libya: Chronology, climate and human occupation

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 87-97

  Barich, Barbara E ^a   Garcea, Elena A A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aterian; Capsian; Epipalaeolithic; Jebel Gharbi; Libya; Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649176971     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-008-9020-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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