Fossil fruit identification by SEM investigations, a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Dmanisi site, Georgia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2715-2725

  Messager, E ^a   Lordkipanidze, D ^b   Ferring, C R ^c   Deniaux, B ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Dmanisi archaeological site; Fruit analysis; Palaeoenvironment; Pleistocene; Scanning electronic microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FRUIT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SEED; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; CAUCASUS; DMANISI; EURASIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); WEST ASIA;

BORAGINACEAE; CELTIS; ULMACEAE;

EID: 47949108150     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.04.026     Document Type: Article

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