Sea level changes and prehistoric sites on the coasts of Southern Turkish Thrace, 12,000-6000 BP

Quaternary International

Volumn 261, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-175

  Ozbek O ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSISTENCE;

CANAKKALE [TURKEY]; GALLIPOLI PENINSULA; THRACE; TURKEY;

EID: 84860524677     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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