Regional settlement systems in Mesolithic northern England: Scalar issues in mobility and territoriality

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-258

  Donahue, Randolph E ^a   Lovis, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Hunter gatherer; Mesolithic; Mobility; Northern England; Social territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646778158     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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