Palaeovegetation at the Pont-de-Lavaud hominin site. Lower Pleistocene, Central France;Paléovégétation du site à hominidés de Pont-de-Lavaud, Pleistocene infeŕieur,reǵion Centre, France

Quaternaire

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-200

  Marquer, Laurent ^a   Messager, Erwan ^a   Renault Miskovsky, Josette ^a   Despriée, Jackie ^a,b   Gageonnet, Robert ^b   Voinchet, Pierre ^a   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^a   Falguères, Christophe ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Centre Reg de Rech Archeologiques   (France)

Author keywords

Creuse valley; Palaeoenvironment; Palynology; Phytoliths; Pleistocene; Pont de Lavaud site; Prehistory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOMINID; LANDSCAPE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; PLEISTOCENE; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CREUSE VALLEY; FRANCE;

CARPINUS; CARYA; CORYLUS AMERICANA; JUGLANDACEAE; JUGLANS; POACEAE; POOIDEAE; PTEROCARYA;

EID: 80155133164     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.5955     Document Type: Article

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