OSL dating of the Aterian levels at Dar es-Soltan I (Rabat, Morocco) and implications for the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 1914-1931

  Barton, R N E ^a   Bouzouggar, A ^b   Collcutt, S N ^c   Schwenninger, J L ^d   Clark Balzan, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut National des Sciences de l'Archeologie et du Patrimoine   (Morocco)

^c Oxford Archaeological Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES; HOMO SAPIENS; MAGHREB; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; NORTH AFRICA; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PALAEOLITHIC INDUSTRIES; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ISOTOPES;

DISPERSAL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOMINID; INNOVATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OPTICAL METHOD; PALEOLITHIC;

AFRICA; DAR ES SOLTAN; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RABAT-SALE-ZEMMOUR-ZAER;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 68349152833     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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