Modalities and characteristics of human occupations in Yemen during the Early/Mid-Holocene

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 713-725

  Crassard, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Humid Period; Holocene; Lithic technology; Neolithic; Yemen

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NEOLITHIC; TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; YEMEN;

EID: 70350046949     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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