Late-Holocene faunal and landscape change in the Bahamas

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-230

  Steadman, David W ^a   Albury, Nancy A ^b   Maillis, Perry ^c   Mead, Jim I ^d   Slapcinsky, John ^a   Krysko, Kenneth L ^a   Singleton, Hayley M ^a   Franklin, Janet ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Monuments and Museum Corporation Marsh Harbour   (Bahamas)

^c Gilpin Point ^*  (Bahamas)

^d EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Holocene; landscape change; peat; snails; vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFACT; CROCODILIAN; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PEAT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SNAIL; TURTLE;

BAHAMAS;

EID: 84892629358     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613516819     Document Type: Article

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