Hunter-gatherer adaptations and the Younger Dryas in central and southern Portugal

Quaternary International

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-347

  Bicho, Nuno ^a   Haws, Jonathan ^b   Almeida, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUNTER-GATHERER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; VEGETATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 80052401862     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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