The 74 ka Toba super-eruption and southern Indian hominins: Archaeology, lithic technology and environments at Jwalapuram Locality 3

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3370-3384

  Haslam, Michael ^a   Clarkson, Chris ^b   Petraglia, Michael ^a   Korisettar, Ravi ^c   Jones, Sacha ^d   Shipton, Ceri ^e   Ditchfield, Peter ^a   Ambrose, Stanley H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Human dispersal; Isotopes; Late Pleistocene; Middle Palaeolithic; Palaeoenvironment; South Asia

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOMINID; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

INDIA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 77957233587     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.034     Document Type: Article

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