The dynamics of stone industry transformation at the interface of lower and Middle Paleolithic in the Northwestern Caucasus

Quaternary International

Volumn 428, Issue , 2017, Pages 26-48

  Golovanova, L V ^a   Doronichev, V B ^a  

^a Laboratory of Prehistory   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate cycles; Lower and Middle Paleolithic; Northwestern Caucasus; Pleistocene; Stone industry

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CYCLE; COLONIZATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMARY SECTOR INDUSTRY;

CAUCASUS; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84950133715     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.062     Document Type: Article

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