Variation in Late Quaternary central Asian climates and the nature of human response

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 9, Issue C, 2007, Pages 69-82

  Madsen, David B ^a   Elston, Robert G ^b  

^a Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute and Texas Archeological Research

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77956757870     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0866(07)09007-0     Document Type: Review

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