A statistical evaluation of the relative influences of climate, vegetation, and prehistoric human population on the charcoal record of Five Lakes, Washington (USA)

Quaternary International

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 74-86

  Scharf, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HISTORY; FIRE HISTORY; HUNTER-GATHERER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREHISTORIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77649237140     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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