New palaeoecological evidence for the potential role of fire in the Gran Sabana, Venezuelan Guayana, and implications for early human occupation

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-224

  Rull, Valentí ^a  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Fire; Forest; Palynology; Savanna; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149111022     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0195-1     Document Type: Article

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