Mesolithic-Neolithic settlements Minino 2 and Zamostye 5 in their geo-environmental setting (Upper Volga Lowland, Central Russia)

Quaternary International

Volumn 370, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-39

  Gracheva, R ^a   Vandenberghe, J ^b   Sorokin, A ^c   Malyasova, E ^d   Uspenskaya, O ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e Torfgeologia Expedition   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Local landscapes; Mesolithic; Minino 2; Neolithic; Upper volga; Zamostye 5

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COLONIZATION; LANDSCAPE; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VOLGA UPLAND;

EID: 84929955503     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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