Geoarchaeological prospection in the loess steppe: Preliminary results from the Lower Danube Survey for Paleolithic Sites (LoDanS)

Quaternary International

Volumn 351, Issue C, 2014, Pages 98-114

  Iovita, Radu ^a,c   Doboş, Adrian ^b   Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E ^c   Probst, Mathias ^a   Hambach, Ulrich ^d   Robu, Marius ^e   Vlaicu, Marius ^e   Petculescu, Alexandru ^e  

^a Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for the Evolution of Hominin Behaviour   (Germany)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

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EID: 84927620950     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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