Holocene human and animal footprints and their relationships with coastal environmental change, Formby Point, NW England

Quaternary International

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-41

  Huddart, David ^a   Roberts, Gordon ^a   Gonzalez, Silvia ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; FOOTPRINT; HOLOCENE; ICHNOLOGY;

FORMBY POINT; LANCASHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033003737     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(98)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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