Verification of the age of the Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags, UK

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1649-1655

  Pike, Alistair W G ^a   Gilmour, Mabs ^b   Pettitt, Paul ^c   Jacobi, Roger ^d   Ripoll, Sergio ^e   Bahn, Paul ^f   Muñoz, Francisco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creswell Crags; Palaeolithic; Rock art; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

ART; CAVE; DATING METHOD; PALEOLITHIC;

CRESWELL CRAGS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; CERVIDAE;

EID: 25144473955     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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