Neolithisation of the aegean and southeast europe during the 6600-6000 calBC period of rapid climate change

Documenta Praehistorica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-31

  Weninger, Bernhard ^a   Clare, Lee ^b   Gerritsen, Fokke ^c   Horejs, Barbara ^d   Krauß, Raiko ^e   Linstädter, Jörg ^a   Özbal, Rana ^f   Rohling, Eelco J ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Netherlands Institute   (Turkey)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neolithisation; Radiocarbon chronology; Rapid climate change

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102513071     PISSN: 1408967X     EISSN: 18542492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4312/dp.41.1     Document Type: Article

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