Palaeoenvironmental dynamics at the southern Alpine foothills between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age onset: a multi-proxy study from Bande di Cavriana (Mantua, Italy)

The onset of the Bronze Age (approximately 4150yrscal. BP) in the southern Lake Garda region (N-Italy) is marked by an increase in the number of settlements and by the widespread adoption of pile-dwelling building techniques. The prominence of this phenomenon polarized the attention of local palaeoe...

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Main Authors: Zanon, Marco (Author) , Unkel, Ingmar (Author) , Andersen, Nils (Author) , Kirleis, Wiebke (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 1 October 2019
In: Quaternary science reviews
Year: 2019, Volume: 221, Pages: 1-15
ISSN:0277-3791
DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105891
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105891
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027737911930647X
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Author Notes:Marco Zanon, Ingmar Unkel, Nils Andersen, Wiebke Kirleis

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