Mid Holocene radiocarbon ages in the Subtropical Andes (~29°-35° S), climatic change and implications for human space organization

Quaternary International

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-26

  Méndez, César ^a   Gil, Adolfo ^b,c   Neme, Gustavo ^b   Nuevo Delaunay, Amalia ^d   Cortegoso, Valeria ^c   Huidobro, Consuelo ^e   Durán, Víctor ^c   Maldonado, Antonio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human paleoecology; Hunter gatherers; Mid Holocene; Radiocarbon dates; Subtropical andes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919869492     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.059     Document Type: Article

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