Geoarchaeology in Greece: A review

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Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-

  Tourloukis, Vangelis ^a   Karkanas, Panagiotis ^b  

^a Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology   (Germany)

^b Ephoreia of Paleoanthropology and Speleology of Northern Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geoarchaeology; Greece; Human environment interactions; Micromorphology; Paleogeography; Site formation processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876543240     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2012.00304     Document Type: Article

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