New insights into a late-Pleistocene human occupation in America: The Vale da Pedra Furada complete chronological study

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 445-451

  Lahaye, C ^a   Guerin G ^a   Boeda E ^b   Fontugne, M ^c   Hatte C ^c   Frouin, M ^a   Clemente Conte, I ^d   Pino, M ^e   Felice, G D ^f   Guidon, N ^f   Lourdeau, A ^g   Pagli, M ^b   Pessis, A M ^f,h   Da Costa, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Fundacao Museu do Homem Americano   (Brazil)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

America; First settlements; Luminescence dating; Pleistocene; Quartz; Radiocarbon dating; Vale da Pedra Furada

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ;

BRAZIL; PIAUI;

EID: 84940473830     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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