The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in Central Anatolia, Turkey: Current issues and prospects for future research

Documenta Praehistorica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Asouti, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

8.2k event; Central Anatolia; Climate change; Konya Plain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881025430     PISSN: 1408967X     EISSN: 18542492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4312/dp.36.1     Document Type: Review

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