New faunal analyses and amino acid dating of the Lower Palaeolithic site at East Farm, Barnham, Suffolk

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 363-377

  Preece, R C ^a   Penkman, K E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aminostratigraphy; Diagenesis; Hoxnian; MIS 11; Mollusca; Pipistrellus pipestrellus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FAUNA; PALEOLITHIC;

BARNHAM; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BITHYNIA; DISCUS RUDERATUS; FAGUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PIPISTRELLUS; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 31744448132     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(05)80053-7     Document Type: Article

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