Paleoclimate during Neandertal and anatomically modern human occupation at Amud and Qafzeh, Israel: The stable isotope data

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-73

  Hallin, Kristin A ^a   Schoeninger, Margaret J ^b   Schwarcz, Henry P ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern humans; Carbon and oxygen stable isotope ratios; Gazelle; Goat; Israel; Late pleistocene; Neandertal; Paleoclimate; Seasonality; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE FORCING; ENAMEL; GOAT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAST GLACIAL; NEANDERTHAL; OCCUPATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WOODLAND;

ISRAEL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; GAZELLA;

EID: 84855200814     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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