The twilight of Paleolithic Siberia: Humans and their environments east of Lake Baikal at the late-glacial/Holocene transition

Quaternary International

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 379-400

  Buvit, Ian ^a,b   Terry, Karisa ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BIOTA; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LATE GLACIAL; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; STEPPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 80052409270     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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