The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-63

  Douka, Katerina ^a   Jacobs, Zenobia ^b   Lane, Christine ^a   Grün, Rainer ^c   Farr, Lucy ^d   Hunt, Chris ^e   Inglis, Robyn H ^f   Reynolds, Tim ^g   Albert, Paul ^h   Aubert, Maxime ^b   Cullen, Victoria ^a   Hill, Evan ^e   Kinsley, Leslie ^c   Roberts, Richard G ^b   Tomlinson, Emma L ^h,i   Wulf, Sabine ^j   Barker, Graeme ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Dating; Hominin dispersals; Neolithisation; North Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATING METHOD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOLITHIC;

CYRENAICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

GASTROPODA; ORANIA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAVE; CHRONOLOGY; DATING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOSSIL; HOMININ DISPERSALS; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; NEOLITHISATION; NORTH AFRICA; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEDIMENT;

DATING; HOMININ DISPERSALS; NEOLITHISATION; NORTH AFRICA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BAYES THEOREM; CAVES; CHRONOLOGY AS TOPIC; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

EID: 84891664824     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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