First radiocarbon dates on woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from northern Germany

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 902-905

  Sommer, Robert S ^a   Benecke, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extinction; Late quaternary; Mammoth; Mammuthus primigenius

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE SHEET; MAMMOTH; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; WEICHSELIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; POMERANIA;

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 70749153199     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1343     Document Type: Article

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