Chronological insights, cultural change, and resource exploitation on the West Coast of Sweden during the Late Palaeolithic/Early Mesolithic transition

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-27

  Schmitt, Lou ^a   Larsson, Stephan ^a   Burdukiewicz, Jan ^b   Ziker, John ^c   Svedhage, Krister ^a   Zamon, Jeannette ^d   Steffen, Holger ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; CULTURAL CHANGE; MESOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; RESOURCE USE;

BOHUSLAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 60149085543     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2008.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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