Geoarchaeological investigations at the upper paleolithic site of Kamihoronai-Moi, Hokkaido, Japan

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 492-517

  Izuho, Masami ^a   Nakazawa, Yuichi ^b   Akai, Fumito ^c   Soda, Tsutomu ^d   Oda, Hirotaka ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Institute of Tephrochronology for Nature and History Co   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHARCOAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISPLACEMENT; PALEOLITHIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 67650902160     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20276     Document Type: Article

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