Relations between climatic changes and prehistoric human migrations during Holocene between Gissar Range, Pamir, Hindu Kush and Kashmir: The archaeological and ecological data

Quaternary International

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 123-131

  Dambricourt Malassé, Anne ^a   Gaillard, Claire ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTER-GATHERER; MIGRATION; MONSOON; NEOLITHIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

HINDU KUSH; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; PAMIRS;

EID: 78650306227     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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