The archaeological record and Mid-Holocene marginal coastal palaeoenvironments around Liverpool Bay

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 563-574

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

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Bone assemblages; Coastal successions; Neolithic Bronze Age footprints

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COASTAL ZONE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033392391     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199910)14:6<563::AID-JQS490>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Review

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