New world paleoenvironments during the Last Glacial Maximum: Implications for habitable land area and human dispersal

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 19, Issue , 2018, Pages 166-176

  Gautney, Joanna R ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Human biogeography; Human dispersal; Last glacial maximum; Palaeogeography; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042858670     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.02.043     Document Type: Article

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