Paleolithic cultures of MIS 3 to MIS 1 in relation to climate changes in the central Japanese islands

Quaternary International

Volumn 248, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-31

  Kudo, Yuichiro ^a   Kumon, Fujio ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF JAPANESE HISTORY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTURAL HISTORY; FOSSIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLITHIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

JAPAN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84855357307     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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