Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene archaeology and stratigraphy of the southern Nejd, Oman

Quaternary International

Volumn 382, Issue , 2015, Pages 250-263

  Hilbert, Y H ^a   Parton, A ^b   Morley, M W ^c,d   Linnenlucke, L P ^c   Jacobs, Z ^c   Clark Balzan, L ^b   Roberts, R G ^c   Galletti, C S ^e   Schwenninger, J L ^b   Rose, J I ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RONIN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geoarchaeology; Late palaeolithic; Lithic technology; OSL dating; South arabia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

NEJD; OMAN;

EID: 84941806361     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.053     Document Type: Article

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