Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Lithic industries in the southern fringes of the Himalaya

Quaternary International

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 112-122

  Gaillard, Claire ^a   Singh, Mukesh ^b   Malassé, Anne Dambricourt ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HOLOCENE; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE;

HIMALAYAS; SIWALIK HILLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650307817     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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