Developing a chronology integrating archaeological and environmental data from different contexts: The Late Holocene sequence of Ounjougou (Mali)

Radiocarbon

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 457-470

  Ozainne, Sylvain ^a   Lespez, Laurent ^b   Drezen, Yann Le ^b,c   Eichhorn, Barbara ^d   Neumann, Katharina ^d   Huysecom, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOOD PRODUCTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIATUS; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH WORK;

MALI; MOPTI [MALI]; YAME VALLEY;

EID: 77949857474     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200055855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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