Geological perspectives on the Monte Verde archeological site in Chile and pre-Clovis coastal migration in the Americas

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-210

  Dickinson, William R ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Clovis; Coastal migration; Continental shelf; Geomorphology; Glacial geology; Monte Verde; Pre Clovis

Indexed keywords

CHILE; CLOVIS; COASTAL MIGRATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; MONTE VERDE; PRE-CLOVIS;

SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

CHILE; LOS RIOS [CHILE]; MONTE VERDE;

EID: 80051823328     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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