Submerged paleolandscapes: Site GNL quintero 1 (GNLQ1) and the first evidences from the pacific coast of South America

Prehistoric Archaeology on the Continental Shelf: A Global Review

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 131-149

  Carabias, Diego ^a   Cartajena, Isabel ^b   Simonetti, Renato ^a   López, Patricio ^c   Ortega, Cristina ^d  

^a ÀRKA—Maritime Archaeology ^*  (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Continental shelf; CRM; Faunal analysis; Pacific; Pleistocene; Prehistoric archaeology; South America; Submerged paleolandscape; Underwater archaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948163206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9635-9     Document Type: Chapter

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