Early prehistoric landscape and landuse in the fier region of Albania

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-182

  Runnels, Curtis ^a   Korkuti, Muzafer ^b   Galaty, Michael L ^c   Timpson, Michael E ^d   Stocker, Sharon R ^e   Davis, Jack L ^e   Bejko, Lorenc ^f   Muçaj, Skënder ^g  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Academy of Sciences of Albania   (Albania)

^c MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Resource Systems Group   (United States)

^e American School of Classical Studies   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^g Institute of Archaeology   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Chipped stone tools; Mesolithic; Palaeoenvironmental studies; Palaeolithic; Regional studies

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOLOCENE; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MESOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PREHISTORIC; TOOL USE;

ALBANIA; FIER;

EID: 77955108324     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v22i2.151     Document Type: Article

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