Hunter-gatherer dispersals in the mammoth-steppe: technological provisioning and land-use in the Enisei River valley, south-central Siberia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 210-223

  Graf, Kelly E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use strategies; Last Glacial Maximum; LUP; Mammoth steppe; Microblade technology; MUP; Provisioning strategies

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAND USE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOLITHIC; STEPPE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 70350749284     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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