The expansion of Central and Northern European Neolithic populations was associated with a multi-century warm winter and wetter climate

Holocene

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1188-1199

  Sánchez Goñi, María Fernanda ^a,b   Ortu, Elena ^a,b   Banks, William E ^b,c   Giraudeau, Jacques ^b   Leroyer, Chantal ^d   Hanquiez, Vincent ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

central Norway; Central Western Europe; Holocene temperature and precipitation; Linearbandkeramik; pollen; vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE; NORWAY; TRONDHEIMSFJORDEN;

TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 84980018009     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683616638435     Document Type: Article

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