Tephra studies and the reconstruction of Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic cultural trajectories

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-193

  d'Errico, Francesco ^a,b   Banks, William E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurignacian; Campanian Ignimbrite; Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition; Tephra studies; Uluzzian

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

AURIGNACIAN; CAMPANIAN IGNIMBRITE; MIDDLE-TO-UPPER PALEOLITHIC TRANSITION; TEPHRA STUDIES; ULUZZIAN;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84937969671     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.014     Document Type: Review

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