New Chronological Evidence For The Middle To Upper Palaeolithic Transition In The Czech Republic And Slovakia: New Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating Results

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1044-1066

  Nejman, L ^a   Rhodes, E ^b   Skrdla P ^c   Tostevin, G ^d   Neruda, P ^e   Nerudova Z ^e   Valoch, K ^e   Oliva, M ^e   Kaminska L ^f   Svoboda, J A ^a,c   Grun R ^g  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute of Archaeology   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern humans; Central europe; Chronostratigraphy; Middle upper palaeolithic transition; Neanderthals; Optically stimulated luminescence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CZECH REPUBLIC; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 80052583046     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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