Holocene paleoenvironmental, paleoclimatic and geoarchaeological significance of the Sheikh El-Obeiyid area (Farafra Oasis, Egypt)

Quaternary International

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-168

  Hamdan, Mohamed A ^a   Lucarini, Giulio ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EGYPT; FARAFRA OASIS; NEW VALLEY;

EID: 84879555015     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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