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Recent environmental change and prehistoric human activity in Egypt and Northern Sudan

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ID23331900
AuthorsKathleen Nicoll (0000-0002-6971-9713, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume23
Issue5-6
Pages561-580
Publication date2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuaternary Science Reviews (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-3791 • E-ISSN: 1873-457X
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.10.004
OpenAlexW2030480919
LanguageEN
Citations received59
References cited47

Archaeology · Aridification · Climate change · Context (archaeology) · Desertification · Geography · Holocene · Monsoon · Physical geography · Prehistory · Quaternary · Radiocarbon dating · Wadi · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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Citations per year2,95
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