Early seafaring activity in the southern Ionian Islands, Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2167-2176

  Ferentinos, George ^a   Gkioni, Maria ^a   Geraga, Maria ^a   Papatheodorou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ionian Sea; Late Quaternary geology; Mediterranean Sea; Neanderthal; Stone age seafaring

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CEPHALONIA [IONIAN ISLANDS]; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS];

EID: 84860882117     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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