The impact of the LGM on the development of the Upper Paleolithic in Mongolia

Quaternary International

Volumn 425, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-87

  Rybin, Evgeny P ^a,b   Khatsenovich, Arina M ^a   Gunchinsuren, Byambaa ^c   Olsen, John W ^d   Zwyns, Nicolas ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b ALTAI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c MAS   (Mongolia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Chronology; Last Glacial Maximum; Mongolia; Paleolithic; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOLITHIC;

MONGOLIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 85006455434     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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