Palaeoecological implications of the Lower Pleistocene phytolith record from the Dmanisi Site (Georgia)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Messager, E ^a,b   Lordkipanidze, D ^b   Delhon, C ^c   Ferring, C R ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Dmanisi archaeological site; Palaeoenvironment; Phytolith analysis; Pleistocene; Water stress indices

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOMINID; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VERTEBRATE;

POACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77749314747     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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