New U-series results for the speleogenesis and the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Almonda karstic system (Torres Novas, Portugal)

Quaternary International

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-182

  Hoffmann, Dirk L ^a,b   Pike, Alistair W G ^b   Wainer, Karine ^a   Zilhão, João ^b,c,d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; KARST; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; SPELEOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ALMONDA RIVER; PORTUGAL; SANTAREM [PORTUGAL];

EID: 84876107776     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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