Biostratigraphic evidence supports Paleoindian population disruption at ≈12.9 ka

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 50, 2008, Pages

  Kennett, James P ^a   West, Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GeoScience Consulting Dewey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CARBON;

ARCHEOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; LETTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASTRONOMY; CANADA; HISTORY; HUMAN; NOTE; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; METEOROIDS; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149393157     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809004106     Document Type: Letter

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