Resource pressure and environmental change on the North African littoral: Epipalaeolithic to Roman gastropods from Cyrenaica, Libya

Quaternary International

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Hunt, C O ^a   Reynolds, T G ^b   El Rishi, H A ^c   Buzaian, A ^c   Hill, Evan ^a   Barker, G W ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; GASTROPOD; HOLOCENE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELL; SNAIL;

CYRENAICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; OSILINUS; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 80053177569     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.04.045     Document Type: Article

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