Fuel and vegetation at Asa Koma (Republic of Djibouti) during the second millennium BC

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-102

  Newton, Claire ^a   Thiébault, Stéphanie ^b   Thiam El Hadji, Ibrahima ^f   Gutherz, Xavier ^c   Lesur, Joséphine ^d   Sordoillet, Dominique ^e  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Inrap)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Anatomie Comparée   (France)

^e University of Franche Comté   (France)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Anthracology; Archaeobotany; Fuel; Lowland East Africa; Neolithic; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949102108     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10104     Document Type: Article

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