Radiocarbon dates, climatic events, and social dynamics during the Early Neolithic in Mediterranean Iberia

Quaternary International

Volumn 403, Issue , 2016, Pages 201-210

  Bernabeu Aubán, Joan ^a   García Puchol, Oreto ^a   Barton, Michael ^b   McClure, Sarah ^c   Pardo Gordó, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; Climatic events; Early Neolithic; Mediterranean Iberia; Socioecology

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84969645913     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.020     Document Type: Article

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