From point to area: Upscaling approaches for Late Quaternary archaeological and environmental data

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-48

  Schlummer, Manuela ^a   Hoffmann, Thomas ^a   Dikau, Richard ^a   Eickmeier, Michael ^b   Fischer, Peter ^c   Gerlach, Renate ^d   Holzkämper, Jörg ^b   Kalis, Arie J ^e   Kretschmer, Inga ^b   Lauer, Franziska ^a   Maier, Andreas ^b   Meesenburg, Janina ^b   Meurers Balke, Jutta ^b   Münch, Ulla ^d   Pätzold, Stefan ^a   Steininger, Florian ^b   Stobbe, Astrid ^e   Zimmermann, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LVR State Service for Archaeological Heritage   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Geomorphology; Palaeobotany; Socio environmental interaction; Soil science; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893958349     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.01.004     Document Type: Review

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