New estimations of habitable land area and human population size at the last glacial maximum

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-112

  Gautney, Joanna R ^a   Holliday, Trenton W ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human biogeography; Human population size; Last glacial maximum; Paleogeography; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA;

EID: 84927639839     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.03.028     Document Type: Article

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