The earliest occupation of Europe: A short chronology

Antiquity

Volumn 68, Issue 260, 1994, Pages 489-503

  Roebroeks, Wil ^a   Kolfschoten, Thijs Van ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL STUDIES; HUMAN OCCUPATION; PLEISTOCENE (MIDDLE); PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0028579595     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 17451524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00047001     Document Type: Article

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