"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly": evaluating the radiocarbon chronology of the middle and late Upper Paleolithic in the Enisei River valley, south-central Siberia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 694-707

  Graf, Kelly E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

14C dates; AMS; Last Glacial Maximum; Oldest Dryas; Siberian Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; YENISEI RIVER;

EID: 58149277306     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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