Drowned and deserted: A submerged prehistoric landscape in the Solent, England

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-99

  Momber, Garry ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lithics; Mesolithic; Sea level; Solent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007700998     PISSN: 10572414     EISSN: 10959270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijna.2000.0284     Document Type: Article

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