Geo-archaeological investigations of Palaeolithic sites along the Ural Mountains - On the northern presence of humans during the last Ice Age

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 3138-3156

  Svendsen, John Inge ^a   Heggen, Herbjørn Presthus ^a   Hufthammer, Anne Karin ^a   Mangerud, Jan ^a   Pavlov, Pavel ^b   Roebroeks, Wil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Institute of Language   (Russian Federation)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SAND; ANIMAL REMAINS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION; COARSE-GRAINED; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ICE AGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS;

DEBRIS; GESTURE RECOGNITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

LANDFORMS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BIOFACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMOTH; MOLLUSC; PALEOLITHIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TRACE FOSSIL;

URALS;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77957375110     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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