Revising the archaeological record of the Upper Pleistocene Arctic Siberia: Human dispersal and adaptations in MIS 3 and 2

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 165, Issue , 2017, Pages 127-148

  Pitulko, Vladimir ^a   Pavlova, Elena ^b   Nikolskiy, Pavel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE   (Russian Federation)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beringia; Human dispersal; Subsistence strategy; Taimyr; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE;

ARCTIC; BERINGIA; HUMAN DISPERSAL; SUBSISTENCE STRATEGY; TAIMYR; UPPER PALEOLITHIC;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAMMOTH; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUBSISTENCE;

ARCTIC; KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TAYMYR PENINSULA;

EID: 85018363061     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.04.004     Document Type: Article

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