Late Pleistocene Geology and Paleolithic Archaeology of the Shimaki Site, Hokkaido, Japan

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-237

  Buvit, Ian ^a   Izuho, Masami ^b   Terry, Karisa ^a   Shitaoka, Yorinao ^c   Soda, Tsutomu ^d   Kunikita, Dai ^e  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Institute of Tephrochronology for Nature and History Co   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOMINID; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOLITHIC;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SIBERIA;

EID: 84899078705     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21474     Document Type: Article

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