Mid-Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in northern europe

Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 407-434

  Karlén, Wibjörn ^a   Larsson, Lars ^b  

^a Geografiska Annaler Sere A   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088390-5.50016-9     Document Type: Chapter

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