Chrono-stratigraphy of the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sequence in Cova Gran (south-eastern Pre-Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 635-644

  Mora, R ^a,b   Benito Calvo, A ^c   Martinez Moreno J ^a   Marcen, P González ^a   de la Torre, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Program ICREA Academia   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cova Gran; Iberia; Radiometric dating; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

CATALONIA; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 80051472743     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1486     Document Type: Article

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