Reviewing the British late upper palaeolithic: New evidence for chronological patterning in the lateglacial record

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-265

  Barton, R N E ^a   Roberts, A J ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041121861     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1996.tb00085.x     Document Type: Review

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