Younger Dryas environments and archaeology on the Northwest Coast of North America

Quaternary International

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 452-462

  Fedje, Daryl ^a   Mackie, Quentin ^b   Lacourse, Terri ^b   McLaren, Duncan ^b  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GLACIER ADVANCE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TUNDRA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NORTH AMERICA;

BISON; CERVIDAE; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 80052410914     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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