The nature of the Early to Late Paleolithic transition in Korea: Current perspectives

Quaternary International

Volumn 281, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-35

  Bae, Christopher J ^a   Bae, Kidong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MIGRATION; MODELING; PALEOLITHIC;

KOREA;

EID: 84868377782     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.08.044     Document Type: Article

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