The Pliocene-Pleistocene succession of Kvabebi (Georgia) and the background to the early human occupation of Southern Caucasus

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 27-28, 2009, Pages 3275-3280

  Agusti J ^a   Vekua, A ^b   Oms, O ^c   Lordkipanidze, D ^b   Bukhsianidze, M ^b   Kiladze, G ^b   Rook, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASUS; EURASIA; GEORGIA; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PALEOMAGNETIC RESEARCH; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ANIMALS;

EMPLOYMENT;

DISPERSAL; FAUNA; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RUMINANT; SUCCESSION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GAZELLA;

EID: 70450247209     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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