Pleistocene geochronologies for fluvial sedimentary sequences: An archaeologist's perspective

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-296

  Hosfield, R T ^a   Chambers, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial sediments; Palaeolithic archaeology; Pleistocene geochronology; Secondary contexts

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 16444375095     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.909     Document Type: Article

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