Landscape change and archaeological settlements in the lower Danube valley and delta from early Neolithic to Chalcolithic time: A review

Quaternary International

Volumn 261, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-31

  Carozza, Jean Michel ^a,b   Micu, Christian ^c   Mihail, Florian ^c   Carozza, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b GEODE UMR 5602 CNRS   (France)

^c Intitutul Cercetari Eco Muzeale str Gloriei   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NEOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE DELTA; DANUBE VALLEY;

EID: 84860578214     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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