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A revised chronological and palaeoenvironmental framework for the Kastritsa rockshelter, northwest Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

N. Galanidou ,
P. C. Tzedakis ,
I. T. Lawson  and
M. R. Frogley
N. Galanidou
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, England pg111@cus.cam.ac.uk
P. C. Tzedakis
Affiliation:
Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, England
I. T. Lawson
Affiliation:
Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, England
M. R. Frogley
Affiliation:
Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England
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Abstract

Archaeological, palynological and palaeolimnological evidence is combined with new AMS radiocarbon dates to shed new light on a long-known, yet only partially understood, Upper Palaeolithic occupation in southeast Europe.

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GreeceUpper PalaeolithicAMS datingpalynologypalaeoenvironment

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000 , pp. 349 - 355
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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