The physical environment in Northern Greece at the advent of the Neolithic

Quaternary International

Volumn 496, Issue , 2018, Pages 14-23

  Gkouma, Myrsini ^a   Karkanas, Panagiotis ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b American School of Classical Studies at Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate; Landscape; Neolithic; Northern Greece; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUNTER-GATHERER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; WETLAND;

GREECE;

EID: 84994530346     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.08.034     Document Type: Article

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