Human response to climate during the Younger Dryas chronozone in central Alaska

Quaternary International

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 434-451

  Graf, Kelly E ^a   Bigelow, Nancy H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052407259     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.04.030     Document Type: Article

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