The main human occupation phases in western Himalayas borderland;Les principales étapes de l'occupation humaine en bordure de l'Himalaya occidentale

Anthropologie

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-422

  Gaillard, Claire ^a   Dambricourt Malassé, Anne ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Neolithic; Palaeolithic; Pamir; Siwaliks; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; TOOL USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH; PAMIRS;

EID: 47549086302     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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